Herod's Law

1999 · 2h03 · Film

Directed by Luis Estrada

Starring Damián Alcázar, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Isela Vega, Salvador Sánchez, Juan Carlos Colombo, Delia Casanova, Leticia Huijara, Alex Cox, Guillermo Gil, Eduardo López Rojas

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In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.

Original title

La ley de Herodes

Original language

Spanish

Screenplay

Luis Estrada, Vicente Leñero, Jaime Sampietro, Fernando Javier León Rodríguez

Cinematography

Norman Christianson

Cast

Salvador Sánchez, Juan Carlos Colombo, Delia Casanova, Leticia Huijara, Alex Cox, Guillermo Gil, Eduardo López Rojas, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Miguel Ángel Fuentes

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