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Herod's Law (1999)

Directed by Luis Estrada

Overview

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.

Length 123 minutes

Actors

Damián Alcázar | Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | Isela Vega | Salvador Sánchez | Juan Carlos Colombo | Delia Casanova | Ernesto Gómez Cruz | Leticia Huijara | Alex Cox | Guillermo Gil | Eduardo López Rojas | Miguel Ángel Fuentes | Noemí García | Luis de Icaza | Manuel Ojeda | Jesús Ochoa | José Manuel Poncelis | Jorge Zárate | Evangelina Sosa | Eugenia Leñero | Yari Lorenzo | Pedro Lorza | Lucía Muñoz | Gabriel Pascual | Felipe Solís | Yomo Tlazotlalli | Juan Carranco | Maya Zapata