Herod's Law (La Ley de Herodes) (1999, 120 min)
Directed by: Luis Estrada
Starring: Damian Alcazar, Pedro Armendaris Jr., Delia Casanova, Jesus Ochoa,
Juan Carlos Colombo
Synopsis:
A political satire set in 1949. After the corrupt former Mayor is killed by
the peasants, poor janitor Juan Vargas is appointed new Mayor of a desert
town in central Mexico. Although he tries to bring the motto of the ruling
party to town (modernity, peace and progress) he realizes soon that there's
nothing to do against corruption... except to become corrupt. Systematically,
helped by his pistol, Juan Vargas becomes the law and the worst Major in the
town's history.
This film was banned in parts of Mexico when it came out in 1999 for being
too critical of the ruling PRI party.