La ley de Herodes
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| Directed by | Luis Estrada |
| Produced by | Luis Estrada |
| Written by | Luis Estrada |
| Starring |
Damián Alcázar Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Delia Casanova Juan Carlos Colombo Alex Cox |
| Music by | Santiago Ojeda |
| Cinematography | Norman Christianson |
| Edited by | Luis Estrada |
| Distributed by | Artecinema, Venevision International |
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Release date
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November 9, 1999 |
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Running time
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120 min |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
Herod's Law (original Spanish title La ley de Herodes) is a 1999 Mexican black comedy political satire film produced by Bandidos Films; it's a political satire of corruption in Mexico and the long-ruling PRI party (notably the first Mexican film to criticize the PRI explicitly by name and carried some controversy and interference from the Mexican government because of it. The film won the Ariel Award for Best Picture from the Mexican Academy of Film.
After the mayor of the fictional village San Pedro de los Saguaros is lynched by angry villagers, a petty PRI party member named Juan Vargas (Damián Alcázar) is appointed temporary mayor by the state governor. At first, the new mayor attempts to do good, but a lack of funds, the fact that the majority of the villagers don't speak Spanish, and the opposition of both the local doctor (an obstreperous PAN mayoral candidate) and Doña Lupe (the brothel owner) cripple his efforts. Seeking help from his superior, López, the secretary to the PRI governor, he is given a copy of the constitution of Mexico and a revolver and is told that the only law is Herod's law: literally translated: "either you get screwed or you get fucked" ("o te chingas o te jodes"). On his way back, he meets a caucasian American on the road when his car breaks down; the caucasian American looks under the hood, reconnects a wire and then asks Vargas for hundreds of dollars. He says that he is the mayor of San Pedro and that he is good for the money, then laughing it off as he drives away. Returning to the town, a bribe from Doña Lupe sets him on the path to corruption.
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