---
title: 'The Lizard (2004)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kamal Tabrizi'
released: '2004-02-04'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Iran'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lizard-2004'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416960/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Lizard (2004)

2004 · 115 min · Drama, Comedy · Iran

Original title: مارمولک

## Synopsis

The Lizard is a 2004 Iranian comedy drama film directed by Kamal Tabrizi, written by Peyman Ghasem Khani and starring Parviz Parastui as Reza "the lizard" Mesghali, a small-time thief. This is the first Iranian film that satirised the mullahs. The story of this film is an adaptation of the films We're No Angels and The Pilgrim. The film satirizes the clergy, religion, Iranian society, and life in general. A copy of The Lizard with English subtitles is widely available online.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kamal Tabrizi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kamal-tabrizi)
- **Screenplay:** [Peyman Ghasemkhani](https://cinepixo.com/people/peyman-ghasemkhani)
- **Original Music Composer:** [MohammadReza Aligholi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mohammadreza-aligholi)
- **Producer:** [Manouchehr Mohammadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/manouchehr-mohammadi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hamid Khozouie Abyane](https://cinepixo.com/people/hamid-khozouie-abyane)
- **Editor:** [Hossein Zandbaf](https://cinepixo.com/people/hossein-zandbaf)

## Cast

- [Soheyla Razavi](https://cinepixo.com/people/soheyla-razavi)
- [Parviz Parastui](https://cinepixo.com/people/parviz-parastui)
- [Sirus Hemmati](https://cinepixo.com/people/sirus-hemmati)
- [Shahrokh Foroutanian](https://cinepixo.com/people/shahrokh-foroutanian)
- [Maedeh Tahmasebi](https://cinepixo.com/people/maedeh-tahmasebi)
- [Mehran Rajabi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mehran-rajabi)
- [Bahram Ebrahimi](https://cinepixo.com/people/bahram-ebrahimi)
- [Naqi Seif-Jamali](https://cinepixo.com/people/naqi-seif-jamali)
- [Rana Azadivar](https://cinepixo.com/people/rana-azadivar)
- [Hossein Soleimani](https://cinepixo.com/people/hossein-soleimani)
- [Reza Saeedi](https://cinepixo.com/people/reza-saeedi)
- [Farideh Sepahmansur](https://cinepixo.com/people/farideh-sepahmansur)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lizard-2004
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1477243); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.