Overview
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.
Cast
Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
Vicky
Barbara
Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'
Estrellita
María
Don Nachito
Don Antonio, señor ministro
Huésped de Yucatán
Tamarita
Julia Ramírez, secretaria del licenciado
Sr. Alcalino Buenrostro
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