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The Lizard is a iranien film of genre Comedy directed by Kamal Tabrizi with Parviz Parastui

The Lizard (2004)

مارمولک

The Lizard
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Length 1h55
Directed by
OriginIran
Genres Comedy,    Action
Rating83% 4.197634.197634.197634.197634.19763

The Lizard (Persian: مارمولک ‎‎, Marmoulak) is a 2004 Iranian comedy drama film directed by Kamal Tabrizi, written by Peiman Ghasemkhani and starring Parviz Parastui as Reza "the lizard" Mesghali, a small-time thief.

Despite being a comedy, the film makes important points about the clergy, religions, the Persian society, and life in general. A copy of The Lizard with English subtitles is widely available online.

Synopsis

Reza Mesghaly, known as Reza the Lizard, is a thief known in criminal circles for his ability to bare-handedly climb all walls (from which he derives his name, "the Lizard", or "Marmoulak" in Persian). At the very beginning of the film, he is arrested and charged with armed robbery, a crime that as revealed near the ending of the film, he did not commit. Nonetheless, he is sentenced to life in prison, and is met at the jailhouse by a strict warden, who says that his intention is to "make a person out of prisoners"; thus they will be led into heaven; "by force," if necessary.

Actors

Parviz Parastui

(reza)
Mehran Rajabi

(Mohandes Shojaei)
Rana Azadivar

(Fayezeh)
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