Spanish Judges (1999)

Professional criminals, the ones who are successful, employ deception as a standard tool of the trade. Spanish Judges (1999) warns that if too freely exercised, the power to deceive becomes all powerful, casting its spell on victim and perpetrator equally. When a crew of small-time deceivers unwittingly comes into possession of a pair of priceless antique dueling pistols, they become prey for a more clever and cunning con man. He feeds each member of the gang a perfectly cooked lie, an untruth designed to attach itself to the fissure of self-doubt common to all liars and thieves, creating an agitated sense of danger and suspicion and the need to protect one’s cherished misbeliefs at all costs.