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
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