📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available:
Spanish
📆 Date Released:
1976-07-01
⌚ Running Time:
109 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
6.8
Beloved Cast
Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
Cantinflas
Vicky
Chela Castro
Barbara
Lucía Méndez
Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'
Ángel Garasa
Estrellita
Manolita Saval
María
Delia Peña Orta
Don Nachito
Alonso Castaño
Don Antonio, señor ministro
Miguel Manzano
Huésped de Yucatán
Daniel Herrera
Tamarita
Tamara Garina
Julia Ramírez, secretaria del licenciado
Alejandra Meyer
Sr. Alcalino Buenrostro
Pedro de Aguillón
Huésped de Nuevo León
Gastón Melo
Empleada de oficina
Mónica Prado
Burócrata
Héctor Suárez
(uncredited)
José Manuel Fregoso
Gordo (uncredited)
Manuel Alvarado
Lupita (uncredited)
Socorro Avelar
Empleada oficina (uncredited)
Carmen del Valle
Empleado oficina (uncredited)
Rubén Márquez
Empleado oficina (uncredited)
Marcelo Villamil
Empleado departamento de quejas (uncredited)
Federico González
Spindola Jr. (uncredited)
Rojo Grau
Cliente (uncredited)
Cecilia Leger
Chonita, sirvienta (uncredited)
Inés Murillo
Burócrata (uncredited)
Fernando Pinkus
Mayordomo (uncredited)
Fernando Yapur
(uncredited)
Pedro Damián
El Licenciado
Raúl 'Chato' Padilla
