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Herod's Law (original Spanish title La ley de Herodes) is a 1999 Mexican satirical black comedy political film, directed by Luis Estrada and produced by Bandidos Films; it is a caricature of corruption in Mexico and the long-ruling PRI party (notably the first Mexican film to criticize the PRI explicitly by name, which caused some ...
Feb 18, 2000 · Herod's Law: Directed by Luis Estrada. With Damián Alcázar, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Delia Casanova, Juan Carlos Colombo. A naive man appointed as an acting mayor of a small town turns into a corrupt politician capable of anything to stay in power.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Luis Estrada
- 2000-02-18
Jul 11, 2003 · "Herod's Law" uses Vargas and his backwater town to form a parable about political corruption in Mexico in 1949--and before and since, we have no doubt. It is a savage attack on the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ruled Mexico from the days of revolution until the recent rise of President Vicente Fox and his National ...
A naive man appointed as an acting mayor of a small town turns into a corrupt politician capable of anything to stay in power. After the corrupt former Mayor is killed by the peasants, poor janitor Juan Vargas is appointed new Mayor of a desert town in central Mexico.
Set around the period of 1940s, "Herod's Law" is a vintage satire of small town corruption. It also draws upon Shakespeare's "Macbeth" for a character driven by ambition to gain power and fortune, seizing on every opportunity for kickbacks in his position of mayor of the village.
Herod's Law (1999) - Turner Classic Movies. 1999. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Read More. It's the 1940s and Juan Vargas is just a minor member of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), who finds himself elected the mayor of a small village.
Herod's Law is a film directed by Luis Estrada with Damián Alcázar, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Guillermo Gil, Isela Vega .... Year: 1999. Original title: La ley de Herodes. Synopsis: The story is set in 1949 in the authentically designed village of San Pedro de los Saguaros, a small town of 100 habitants, where the last few mayors have been lynched.
