The Lizard

Name: The Lizard
Director: Kamal Tabrizi
Released: 2004
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Parviz Parastui, Bahram Ebrahimi, Reza Saeedi, Shahrokh Foroutanian, Mehran Rajabi

2004 · 111 MIN · IMDB 8.4 · 23,369 VOTES · DIR. Kamal Tabrizi

Overview

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?

Dialogue Timeline — 1,545 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:13 Halt!

00:05:38 Otherwise I'd shoot ten crows a day

00:11:02 From now on it's going to be like this

00:16:56 I'm really ashamed, sir

00:22:46 What wrong way, Hajji? This is a reserved lane for special traffic

00:27:04 Welcome, Hajji, peace be upon you

00:31:52 Thank you, God bless you

00:37:32 And it is written that whoever does that

00:40:35 This way, Hajji

00:44:14 - Deliver a sermon for us, Hajji - A what?

00:49:26 God willing, tomorrow I will take you wherever you want

00:54:51 With your permission!

00:59:55 - I mean to beat the hell out of them - It's not s simple as you thinka

01:06:06 I speak out because it's my responsibility

01:10:23 Hajji's bag was full at the beginning then it got empty at the end

01:14:44 There! Your tough luck, I guess!

01:18:29 Oh, my God! You're looking for a shortcut

01:22:34 - Hello, Hajji - Peace be upon you

01:26:10 Your work is very delicate!

01:30:48 Engineer Shojayi standing in front of the people with ultimate power

01:33:51 Vakili, 150 thousand Tomans

01:38:55 But this is very cruel Mr. Mojaver

01:42:19 You went on a mission in broad daylight?

20:00:00 I change it into 200 thousand Tomans

Cast & Characters

Parviz Parastui Reza Mesghali Bahram Ebrahimi Mojaver Reza Saeedi Sargord Atef Shahrokh Foroutanian Hajj Reza Ahmadi Mehran Rajabi Mohandes Shojaei Farideh Sepah Mansour Motazedi's Mother (Madar-e Motazedi) Ra'na Azadivar Fayezeh Soheyla Razavi Fayezeh's Mother (Madar-e Fayezeh) Maedeh Tahmasebi Ozra Naghi Seif Jamali Fazli

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,545

Dialogue density13.9 lines / min

First line00:00:13

Final line20:00:00

Production Record

DirectorKamal Tabrizi

LanguagePersian

IMDb votes23,369