Damián Alcázar
Juan Vargas
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Summaries. 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.
28 BCE – Herod executes his brother-in-law Kostobar, husband of Salome and father to Berenice, for conspiracy. There is a large festival in Jerusalem, as Herod had built a theater and an amphitheater. 27 BCE – An assassination attempt on Herod is foiled.
In 1949 a local official of the ruling PRI (Pedro Armendariz as López) chooses a humble janitor (Damián Alcázar, as Juan Vargas) to be presidente municipal ("mayor") of a dusty, dirty little village in northern México. Vargas' is supposed to bring "modernity and social justice" but as he gradually assumes power, he grows progressively more corrupt.
Dec 29, 1999 · Herod's Law" has lately been at the center of a huge political scandal in Mexican cinema. Because of its corrosive take on Mexico's ruling party, officials tried to cancel its special screening at ...
Jun 13, 2003 · Herod's Law - Metacritic. 2003. R. Venevision International. 2 h 3 m. Summary This dark comic fable is a satire of the inevitability of political corruption in 1940's Mexico. Comedy. Crime. Drama. Mystery. Directed By: Luis Estrada. Written By: Vicente Leñero, Fernando Javier León Rodríguez, Jaime Sampietro, Luis Estrada. Herod's Law.
Juan Carlos Colombo. Ramirez. Alex Cox. Gringo. Film Details. Also Known As. La Ley de Herodes, Ley de Herodes, La. MPAA Rating. Genre. Dark Comedy. Drama. Period. Release Date. 1999. Distribution Company. Venevision; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment; Gussi Films. Technical Specs. Duration. 2h.
In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has lost three mayors within a short span of time because the citizens have assassinated them. A naive janitor (Damián Alcázar) is recruited to become the new ...
