Not Iranian, nor Muslim, nor religious, all that makes I'm supposed to have a free open mind to see it, without prejudice, in any way or about... :)
What brought me to see Marmoulak ? I don't know : the ways of God are impenetrable !
Kidding, of course, with not offense to anyone...
Until now this is my first and only Persian movie I saw...
and I enjoyed it a lot : good story, good acting, excellent music...
It's a bitter-sweet comedy, about Reza the lizard, his short adventures in jail, and then a (may I call it like that ?) kind of involuntary redemption...
Don't expect, if you're like me a western European citizen, to laugh very loudly, but to have a certain smile all along the movie...
I mean, following Persian(?) commentaries it seems that depending on your national and cultural background, you will laugh more or less, very loudly....
I didn't... but nevertheless think it is an excellent movie.
It doesn't deal with all the stupid clichés one might have about religion, (any of them) but present an profound human aspect
of anyone trapped in something which was not chosen...
Touching and interesting, I'm glad it entered my library ! Opposing to some comments, I think this good movie is Not only for Iranians...
but if you are an average middle abc/nbc/cnn/fr1/ab1 television type freak, may be you better turn on your TV daily program...
who knows, be careful, it could open your mind !
***A film is never really good unless the camera is an eyes in the head of a poet Orson Welles***
