109'
1976-07-01
7.2
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.
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Details:
- Budget: 0
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- Revenue: 0
- List of countries:
- Mexico
- List of languages:
- Spanish
- List of companies:
- Rioma Films
- Vote Count: 40
- Popularity: 0.956
- Status: Released
- Original title:El ministro y yo
