Released
Herod's Law
November 9 1999 (about 25 years ago)Rating
79
Based on
174 reviews
Why don't they want you to see it?
- Director: Luis Estrada
- Writers: Jaime Sampietro, Vicente Leñero, Fernando Javier León Rodríguez, Luis Estrada
- Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Drama
- Runtime: 2 h 3 m
- Box office: $52,000
- Country: Mexico
- Companies: Bandidos Films, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Alta Vista Film Production, Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad
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.
