La ley de Herodes

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La ley de Herodes is a Mexican political satire film that critiques government corruption through dark humor and allegory.

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instanceOf Mexican film
film
political satire film
alsoKnownAs Herod's Law NERFINISHED
awardReceived Ariel Award for Best Actor NERFINISHED
Ariel Award for Best Direction NERFINISHED
Ariel Award for Best Picture NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Arturo de la Rosa NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Mexico
critiques authoritarianism
clientelism
electoral fraud
government corruption
depicts rural Mexican town
director Luis Estrada NERFINISHED
distributionFormat theatrical release
editedBy Luis Carballar NERFINISHED
genre black comedy
political satire
satire
hasPoliticalOrientation critical of PRI rule in Mexico
mainTheme abuse of power
government corruption
political hypocrisy
musicBy Horacio Gómez Bolaños NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus corrupt mayor of a small town
notableFor controversy over political content
satirical portrayal of Mexican politics
originalLanguage Spanish
partOf Mexican New Cinema of the 1990s NERFINISHED
portrays Institutional Revolutionary Party NERFINISHED
Mexican political system
producer Luis Estrada NERFINISHED
productionCompany Bandidos Films NERFINISHED
releaseCountry Mexico NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1999
runtimeMinutes 123
setInCountry Mexico NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 1940s
stars Damián Alcázar NERFINISHED
Delia Casanova NERFINISHED
Juan Carlos Colombo NERFINISHED
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. NERFINISHED
uses allegory
dark humor
writer Jaime Sampietro NERFINISHED
Luis Estrada NERFINISHED

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Ana Ofelia Murguía notableWork La ley de Herodes