My Favourite Iranian Film: The Lizard aka Marmulak

From Ahangaran to a diametrically opposed piece of culture in the form of my favourite Iranian film, The Lizard, aka Marmulak

"Marmoolak" (The Lizard), a film by Iranian director Kamal Tabrizi about a convict who

escapes prison in the cloak and turban of a cleric and becomes an accidental mullah, was a

huge hit in Iran. Ticket lines snaked around theaters. People bought tickets days in advance,

breaking Iranian box-office records. Everyone, from schoolchildren to grandmothers,

talked about the film. All wondered, out loud, how such an open criticism of the clergy

could receive a screening permit from this theocratic regime.  The film was banned in

Iran after only 3 weeks."

 

See the whole film here.