Description
Mateo Melgarejo is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a neighborhood north of Mexico City's Zócalo. A squatter friend asks for his help in negotiating with the land census bureau to regularize a land title. After a great deal of frustration with the government bureaucracy, he writes a letter to the cabinet minister, earning an audience with him. The minister hires Melgarejo to reform the bureau, and the appointee proceeds to lecture the officials on their duties in a democratic society. At the end, he gives up the post, returning to Santo Domingo to help its poor residents.
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Release Date1976
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Runtime1 hr 49 min
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Languagees
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Rating6.897 (34)
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Genres
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DirectorMiguel M. Delgado
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CastCantinflasChela CastroLucía MéndezÁngel GarasaManolita SavalDelia Peña OrtaAlonso CastañoMiguel ManzanoDaniel HerreraTamara GarinaAlejandra MeyerPedro de AguillónGastón MeloMónica PradoHéctor SuárezJosé Manuel FregosoManuel AlvaradoSocorro AvelarCarmen del ValleRubén MárquezMarcelo VillamilFederico GonzálezRojo GrauCecilia LegerInés MurilloFernando PinkusFernando YapurPedro DamiánRaúl 'Chato' Padilla
