Herod's Law

Herod's Law

Movie 1999-11-09 2h 3m Comedy Crime Mystery Drama Ariel Award for Best Picture 1 Ariel Award for Best Direction 1
★ 8.0 / 10 · 209 votes

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.

Status
Released
Released
1999-11-09
Runtime
2h 3m
Box office
$52,000
Studios
Bandidos Films , Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía , Alta Vista Film Production
Country
Mexico
Language
Spanish
Links
IMDb, Wikidata, Letterboxd

Awards

Won 1 Ariel Award for Best Picture Award

Ariel Award for Best Picture 1 won

  • 2000 Best Picture Won

Ariel Award for Best Direction 1 won

  • 2000 Best Direction Won

Award data from Wikidata (CC0). Coverage may be incomplete.

Director
Luis Estrada
Cast
Damián Alcázar Damián Alcázar Juan Vargas Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Pedro Armendáriz Jr. López Isela Vega Isela Vega Doña Lupe Salvador Sánchez Salvador Sánchez Pek Juan Carlos Colombo Juan Carlos Colombo Ramírez Delia Casanova Delia Casanova Rosa Leticia Huijara Leticia Huijara Gloria Alex Cox Alex Cox Gringo Guillermo Gil Guillermo Gil Cura Eduardo López Rojas Eduardo López Rojas Doctor Ernesto Gómez Cruz Ernesto Gómez Cruz Gobernador Miguel Ángel Fuentes Miguel Ángel Fuentes Pancho
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