Herod's Law

Herod's Law

Infobox Film
name = Herod's Law


caption = DVD cover
director = Luis Estrada
producer = Luis Estrada
writer = Luis Estrada
starring = Damián Alcázar
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Delia Casanova
Juan Carlos Colombo
Alex Cox
music = Santiago Ojeda
cinematography = Norman Christianson
editing = Luis Estrada
distributor = Artecinema, Venevision International
released = November 9, 1999
runtime = 120 min
country = MEX
awards = Golden Ariel, Special Jury Prize in Latin American Cinema - Sundance Film Festival
language = Spanish
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
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amg_id = 1:184643
imdb_id = 0221344

"Herod's Law" (original Spanish title "La ley de Herodes") is a 1999 Mexican comedy 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 PRI explicitly by name [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:184643] and carried some controversy and interference from the Mexican government because of it [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221344/trivia] ). The film won the Ariel Award for Best Picture from the Mexican Academy of Film.

Plot

After the mayor of a tiny village 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 cripples his efforts. Seeking help from his superior, 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: "your screwed or your fucked" (Te chingas o te jodes).

When Vargas thus has become the executive, legislature and judiciary of the village all in one person he soon becomes corrupt and starts taxing the villagers heavily and hoarding the proceeds. The taxes are motivated by a fake project to bring electricity to the village of which only a single pole is ever raised. Vargas also becomes busy supressing any opposition to his rule even stooping to murder at one point. As it all comes crashing down Vargas is chased up the power pole by angry villagers.

DVD edition

This movie was released in Region 1 by 20th Century Fox and Venevision Intl. under the banner Cinema Latino in 2004; right now, this edition is out of print.

A second edition was released in 2006 by Warner Home Video with Fernando Sariñana's "Todo el Poder"

External links

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