The Burning of Judas

Released
1974
1h 50min
4 votes
Drama

Synopsis

Jesús María Carmona is a small-time crook who poses as a cop so he can rob a bank. A few days before the day he planned to do it, a guerrilla group robs the same bank and Carmona is shot to death defending it when he has no other choice but to act as a policeman. Soon after, his image becomes a symbol for the police and he is honored, but his identity is found out. Meanwhile, in the neighborhood where he grew up his effigy is burned as he is now considered a traitor.

Détails techniques

Titre original

La quema de Judas

Langue originale

ES

Langues parlées

Spanish

Production

Compagnies de production

Gente de Cine

Pays de production

Venezuela

Mots-clés

guerrilla warfarepolice corruptiongovernment cover-up