It has a very,,, Persian sense of humour. Not a sense of humour that gots lost in translation, by no means, there is some great dialogue in this, but a style of humour that is dry and takes some getting used to.

Peyman Ghassemkhani is one of the best writers of this decade in Iran . No one in Iran has his experience in writing comedies . it's wonderful that each movie he wrote was successful in cinemas . I think this movie (The Lizard) is the best . of course this movie can satisfy the Iranian viewers but for the others I'm not sure because Ghassemkhani's scripts is based on funny dialogues , so the others can't communicate .

the Iranian copy of "we're no angels" but better because it touches stuff that are forbidden to talk or make jokes about,although they are common knowledge

mahkum, cezaevi, kacis, imam, sahte imam

It's rare to see a film that as much as it amuses, it also takes an angle on serious matters. These last fifteen years have seen a series of films flourishing out of the path of some very talented Persian directors, expressing their views on life, on people, on the political issues and so on, through an anthology of subjects that come to show with finesse things that couldn't be said otherwise. \"Marmoolak\" is one of those. Only here, the destiny of men and women of an entire country subject to the whims of its rulers symbolized here by one man (the fake cleric played with gusto and talent by Parviz Parastui) is shown not by the means of drama, but throughout comedy. And comedy is something that Persians seem to know about. To say that this film is funny is a euphemism. There is situation comedy here, and it is treated with much lightness. But if one goes farther and looks through it, one can easily capture the fate of an entire people. Works like this, in the form of a film or a book, etc, usually help change things. Let's hope this one does. Talent as they say, has no boundary.