The Lizard (film)

The Lizard
The Lizard
	Film poster
	مارمولک
Directed by	Kamal Tabrizi
Written by	Peyman Ghasem Khani
Produced by	Manouchehr Mohammadi
Starring	Parviz Parastui; Rana Azadivar; Mehran Rajabi; Bahram Ebrahimi; Farideh Sepah Mansour; Shahrokh Foroutanian; Hossein Soleimani;
Cinematography	Hamid Khozui Abyaneh
Edited by	Hossein Zandbaf
Music by	Mohammad Reza Aligholi
Production; company	Faradis
Distributed by	Farabi Cinema Foundation (World-wide) ; Faradis (World-wide) ; ICA Projects (UK) ; Barian Entertainment Ltd. (Non-US) ; Honar Aval (World-wide)
Release dates	4 February 2004 (Fajr Film Festival); 21 April 2004 (Iran);
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian

The Lizard (Persian: مارمولک, romanized: Marmoulak), 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.