La ley de Herodes is a 1999 Mexican film directed by Luis Estrada. It is a satirical comedy about political corruption in Mexico, specifically during the terms led by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in the country. It stars Damián Alcázar, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Isela Vega and Salvador Sánchez.
The film is set in 1949, the year in which President Miguel Alemán Valdés was in power; however, because it was filmed and released during the last decade in which the PRI governed before its first defeat in national elections, the plot was alluded to as a criticism of the six-year terms of Carlos Salinas de Gortari and Ernesto Zedillo.
The feature film won eleven Ariel awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (for Alcázar) and Best Supporting Actor (for Armendáriz Jr.). La ley de Herodes is the first film in the unofficial tetralogy directed by Luis Estrada with the intention of criticizing the Mexican government, succeeded by Un mundo maravilloso, El infierno, and La dictadura perfecta.
Social impact
The film was not well regarded by the authorities in charge of film distribution in Mexico, because when it had to be subjected to the censorship filter, the country was still under PRI rule and an election year, 2000, was approaching. However, the strong pressure exerted by the public - eager to see an uncensored film with political content - and by several print media that dared to denounce the blockade to which it was subjected, finally made it possible for it to be screened in the middle of the election campaign season.
It can be considered one of the great Mexican films of the last forty years, not only for its quality, ironic and biting humor, but also for having influenced many voters to dethrone from power the hegemonic party, which it portrays in its entirety, with all its vices, defects and contradictions. What is striking is the capacity for synthesis he displays, as he faithfully reflects the PRI's style of governing, the internal power relations within the party, its rules for carrying out the succession of rulers, its way of relating to the Church, the opposition and the United States, and how, through authoritarianism and corruption, the PRI, the government, the State and its institutions became one and the same thing. And all with the purpose of consolidating itself not only at the top of the Mexican political system, but of making it exclusive.
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I remember watching this movie on DVD in middle school. Still holds up today.
Denim shorts + bikini top: fun fresh and flirty, heartbreakingly basic
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I feel this so hard.
Apparently I do it to my partner too and it super annoys them.
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Here's a ton of leftist movies
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"there are weeks where decades happen". we could use some weeks where actual shit happens. all flash and no substance lately
I feel like it's the part where the killer monologues for a while before they slit your throat but they've been monologuing for years and I wish they'd just get it over with already.
there have been a few points where they pull out a gun and pull the trigger, but it's the joker gun that just pops the flag out and then they just keep talking
nah. it isn't a week where decades happened until the us gets bogged down in a civil war or someone bombs the british parliament or something
I'd say that the US sanctioning itself and its allies into a recession and speeding up dedollarization by decades with the Swift nuclear option is a week where a decade happened.
Marx’s theory of alienation is actually a reference to the ending of the film Alien 2 when the Xenomorph Queen says “is alienation time” and alienates all over the working class