The Herod King Principle

This film (drama)Also known asLa ley de Herodes，is aMexicoProducerwomen sex，At1999Released in year 。The dialogue language isSpanish，Current Douban rating8.4(For reference only)。

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. Step by step, helped by his pistol, Juan Vargas becomes the law and the worst Mayor in the town's history. The story tells of how, after the Mexican farmers kill the corrupt former mayor, the unfortunate janitor Juan Vargas is appointed as the new mayor of a desert town in central Mexico. He strives to promote the new ideology of the ruling party, and shortly after taking office, he establishes a motto against corruption, but the opposition begins to become corrupt as well. Step by step, with the help of his gunman, Vargas becomes law and the worst chapter in the town's history.