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The Burning of Judas

The Burning of Judas

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 20, 1974

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

La quema de Judas

Production Companies

Gente de Cine

Director

Román Chalbaud

Description

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.