The Lizard (2004)
The satirical commentary on clergymen in post-revolutionary Iran. While in prison, petty criminal Reza (Parviz Parastui) comes across a clergyman, sparking a plan for escape. Reza dons his new acquaintance's clerical robes and makes a bid for freedom. He soon learns that being a clergyman brings little respect from the public. Reza travels to the outlying villages, from where he plots to escape the country. However, his plans must be put on hold when the villagers accept him into their community and expect him to perform religious duties. Will Reza's prison break transform him into an unlikely pillar of the community?
Director: Kamal Tabrizi
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Parviz Parastouei as Reza |
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Bahram Ibrahimi as Mojaver |
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Shahrokh Foroutanian as Hajji Reza Ahmadi |
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Farideh Sepah Mansour as Motazedi's Mother |
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Maede Tahmasbi as Ozra |
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Ali Abedini as Jackson |
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Bahram Ebrahimi as Mojaver |
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Cryus Hemati as Mojtaba |
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Mehran Rajabi as Mohandes Shojaei |
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Soheila Razavi as Fayezeh's Mother |
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Sepehr Rezanoor as The boy |
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Reza Saeedi as Sargord Atef |
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Naqi Seif-Jamali as Mr. Fazli |
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Hossein Soleimani as Gholamali |
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Rana Azadivar as Fayezeh |
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Fardin Samadi as Fouad |
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Hossein Abedini as Soldier guarding the turret |
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Hossein Ilbeygi as Train conductor |
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Reza Mirzaei as Amir Mohammadi |
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Farzin Mohades as The Soldier with Sunglasses |
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Abolfazl Shah Karam as The head of the second prison |
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Mehrdad Ziaei as Prisoner |
| Production | Manouchehr Mohammadi | Producer |
| Art | Farhad Vilkiji | Art Direction |
| Sound | Mohsen Roshan | Sound mixer |
| Crew | Mahmoud Samakbashi | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Mohammadreza Aligholi | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Peyman Ghasemkhani | Writer |
| Directing | Kamal Tabrizi | Director |
| Editing | Hossein Zandbaf | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Majid Eskandari | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Hamid Khozouei | Director of Photography |
