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Release Date:
February 4, 2004
Original Title:
مارمولک
Alternate Titles:
Kertenkele
Lizard
Marmoolak
Marmoulak
Marmulak
The Lizard
Гуштер
Ящерица
مارمولک
ザ・リザード
Genres:
Action | Comedy
Production Companies:
Faradis
Production Countries:
Iran
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 111
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?
Art Direction:
Farhad Vilkiji
Cinematography:
Hamid Khozouei
Director:
Kamal Tabrizi
Editor:
Hossein Zandbaf
Makeup Artist:
Majid Eskandari
Original Music Composer:
Mohammadreza Aligholi
Producer:
Manouchehr Mohammadi
Sound Recordist:
Mahmoud Samakbashi
Sound mixer:
Mohsen Roshan
Writer:
Peyman Ghasemkhani
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