La Ley de Herodes

It is 1949, and a very low-level, loyal, and innocuous political party member is promoted from his job as a janitor to a municipal mayor in a remote and dusty town (that he has never seen), where a series of mayors have met a brutal demise from their constituents. The new mayor arrives eager and innocent, with intentions to close the brothel and re-build the school. But power seduces him. . . . This Mexican political satire, a 1999 film, is comic and tragic, and it seems to resonate with people across socioeconomic strata - and it applies just as well to politics in other parts of the world. "Herod's Law" - loosely translated from the crass slang saying in Spanish - means that one way or another, you get screwed.