29 Sep 2015
A Controversial Birthday
An Iranian film
The Lizard
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?
Top Billed Cast
پرویز پرستویی Reza
Bahram Ibrahimi Mojaver
Shahrokh Foroutanian Hajji Reza Ahmadi
Farideh Sepah Mansour Motazedi's Mother
Maede Tahmasbi Ozra
Bahram Ebrahimi Mojaver
Cryus Hemati Mojtaba
مهران رجبی Mohandes Shojaei
Soheila Razavi Fayezeh's Mother
Sepehr Rezanoor The boy
Reza Saeedi Sargord Atef
Naqi Seif-Jamali Mr. Fazli
Hossein Soleymani Gholamali
رعنا آزادیور Fayezeh
Fardin Samadi Fouad
حسین آبدینی Soldier guarding the turret
Hossein Ilbeygi Train conductor
Reza Mirzaei Amir Mohammadi
Farzin Mohades The Soldier with Sunglasses
Abolfazl Shah Karam The head of the second prison
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