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!

00:05:32 Then shoot it and put it out of its misery

00:10:39 Take him to the solitary

00:16:35 My health doesn't get any better or worse

00:22:17 Damn it!

00:26:15 - Pulp fiction - What does it mean?

00:31:02 Yes, I think he loved me you know!

00:36:51 Okay, I hope you all, God willing

00:39:52 We live right around here, please come and visit us

00:43:05 This had never happened in my prison before

00:47:59 God! Well done, that was so cool

00:52:22 Excuse me, Hajji, I have a question about virtuous acts

00:58:15 We know the city quite well, do you want us to come along?

01:03:56 They have arrested Motazedi, he's in jail

01:08:19 How nice

01:12:45 I have a few questions

01:16:38 I just wanted to say we intend to get married!

01:20:25 What'll happen if I do?

01:24:31 Of course I'm sure you're doing good deeds, Hajji

01:27:48 God hasn't forgotten me

01:31:54 He gives money to the poor and dowry to the girls who want to get married

01:35:07 Let's go for the ceremony together Hajji

01:40:13 I'm Reza Mesghali

01:43:12 She went to the upper village to wash the fruit

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 line01:43:12

Production Record

DirectorKamal Tabrizi

LanguagePersian

IMDb votes23,369