Notes

• Originally produced in 1999
• Producer/director, Luis Estrada ; screenwriters, Luis Estrada, Jaime Sampietro, Fernando Léon, Vicente Leñero ; executive producer, Sandra Solares ; music, Santiago Ojeda
• Damián Alcázar, Pedro Armendáriz, Alex Cox, Guillermo Gil, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Leticia Huijara, Eduardo López Rojas, Manuel Ojeda, Salvador Sánchez, Isela Vega
• When in San Pedro de los Saguaros, the mayor is lynched by a group of indigenous people, the old junkyard operator Juan Vargas is named the Temporary Municipal President. This makes him believe that his dream of power is going to come true; but when confronted with the problems of the place, he decides to resign. However, his boss obliges him to stay by telling him that he’s been touched by Herodes Law and gives to him the constitution as an aid and a gun. He soon discovers the delights of power applying the law along the way and provoking reactions that get out of control
• MPAA rating: R
• DVD
• Spoken in Spanish with English subtitles
• 2000 Sundance Film Festival, Latin American Cinema award ; Mexican Festival, 9 Ariel awards