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Herod's Law

Why don't they want you to see it?

7.952 average rating
7.952
Spanish / 123 MIN. / 1999

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Damián AlcázarPedro Armendáriz Jr.Isela VegaSalvador SánchezJuan Carlos ColomboDelia CasanovaLeticia HuijaraAlex CoxGuillermo GilEduardo López RojasErnesto Gómez CruzMiguel Ángel FuentesNoemí GarcíaLuis de IcazaManuel OjedaJesús OchoaJosé Manuel PoncelisJorge ZárateEvangelina SosaEugenia LeñeroYari LorenzoPedro LorzaLucía MuñozGabriel PascualFelipe SolísYomo TlazotlalliJuan CarrancoMaya Zapata

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