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La ley de Herodes (1999)
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18 February 2000 (Mexico)
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Mexico, 1949. The fable of a janitor turned Mayor on a little town lost in the Mexican desert, who gradually realizes how far his new acquainted power and corruption can get him. full summary | full synopsis
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Excellent movie, a must-see for every latinamerican
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Damián Alcázar | ... | Juan Vargas | |
| Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | ... | López (as Pedro Armendáriz) | |
| Delia Casanova | ... | Rosa | |
| Juan Carlos Colombo | ... | Ramírez | |
| Alex Cox | ... | Gringo | |
| Miguel Ángel Fuentes | ... | Pancho | |
| Noemí García | ... | Secretaria | |
| Guillermo Gil | ... | Cura | |
| Ernesto Gómez Cruz | ... | Gobernador | |
| Leticia Huijara | ... | Gloria | |
| Luis de Icaza | ... | Alcalde Alfredo García | |
| Eugenia Leñero | ... | Esposa del nuevo alcalde | |
| Eduardo López Rojas | ... | Doctor | |
| Yari Lorenzo | ... | Esmeralda | |
| Pedro Lorza | ... | Cadáver |
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Also Known As:
Herod's Law (Europe: English title) (USA)
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Rated R for violence, sexuality and language.
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120 min
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When he meets the Gringo for the first time, Juan Vargas says his name is "Emilio Gabriel Fernández Figueroa" recalling Golden Age's director Emilio Fernández and cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa.
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References Los olvidados (1950)
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La barca de oro
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Herodes' Law is great and perfectly accurate parody of the corruption that characterizes most of the Latin America's states (for not saying ALL of them). Brilliantly, director Luis Estrada uses a very poor small town to develop his exaggerate parody about the behavior of Latin-American rulers. I'm sure that for us who were raised in small Latin-American towns, have notice that our governors are just a small sample of how things works in the official grounds.
Good photography, characters perfectly conceived and excellent performances makes Lay Ley de Herodes a very enjoyable, sometimes disgusting, film. Don't miss it 9/10