Herod's Law
Original title: La ley de Herodes
“Why don't they want you to see it?”
2000 · 2 h 3 min
Directed by 
Luis Estrada
Luis EstradaCast
Damián Alcázar 
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. 
Delia Casanova 
Juan Carlos Colombo Alex Cox 
Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Credits
Written by: Luis Estrada
Plot
In the 1940s a naive janitor named mayor of a Mexican town is quickly corrupted by power.
Sinekatalog’s take
A savage and very funny political satire.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (8,031 votes)
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