The movie tells the story of a thief called “Reza Marmulak” (Reza the Lizard) who flees prison clad in a clergy’s robes because of the social immunity the robe affords him within Iranian society. Escaping to a border city in order to leave country, he is taken for a clergyman by the city’s inhabitants, who have been waiting for a new clergyman to arrive for their mosque.
Produced by Manuchehr Mohammadi, and written by Peyman Qasemkhani, the plot shares elemental traces with Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables” and is based on the serious idea that there are as many ways as there are people in the world toward understanding Allah.
Tabrizi is one of the few people who could direct such a sensitive theme. He dared to experience such a sensitive theme in the Sacred Defense genre “Leili Is With Me” (1996). Widely acclaimed by critics and moviegoers, the sitcom won the Best Screenplay Award of the 14th Fajr Int’l Film Festival in 1996.
Manuchehr Mohammadi is also a familiar figure in this field. He has produced many films for the director of Sacred Defense genre Ebrahim Hatamikia. Mohammadi is well acquainted with delicacies in religious and sacred categories. It is said that Tabrizi and Mohammadi consulted the Ulama in the Qom Seminary before shooting this movie.
Parviz Parastu’i plays the role of Reza Marmolak. He was also the leading actor of “Leili Is With Me.” Maybe he will be nominated for the Best Actor Award at the 22nd Fajr Int’l Film Festival. Iranian filmgoers will never forget his part in Hatamikia’s “Glass Agency,” “The Red Ribbon,” “The Dead Wave,” and the TV series “Crimson Earth.”
Tabrizi’s films “Carpet of the Wind” and “Take a Look at the Sky Sometimes” also received many accolades in the 21st Fajr International Film Festival. “The Lizard” is expected to be nominated for best screenplay and best director awards.
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