Cantinflas
Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
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.
Release Date | 1976-07-01 |
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Runtime | 1h 49m |
Directors | Miguel M. Delgado, Jorge Stahl Jr., Américo Fernández |
Producer | Jacques Gelman |
Writers | Cantinflas, Tito Davison |