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.
The Indian in the Cupboard
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
6.5
El analfabeto
Comedy
7.7
Sube y baja
Comedy
8.0
El Portero
Comedy
7.5
The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist
Animation, Comedy
7.0
Conserje en Condominio
Comedy
5.7
El Extra
Comedy
6.9
Inspector Calzonzin
Comedy
7.5
Rambo III
Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
6.2
Taxi Driver
Crime, Drama
8.1
Anatomy of a Fall
Thriller, Mystery, Crime
7.5
The Handmaiden
Thriller, Drama, Romance
8.2
The Shawshank Redemption
Drama, Crime
8.7
May December
Drama
6.6
Fargo
Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.9
Meet Joe Black
Fantasy, Drama, Romance
7.3
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
7.6
Lethal Weapon
Adventure, Action, Comedy, Thriller, Crime
7.3
Pride & Prejudice
Drama, Romance
8.1
Road House
Action, Thriller
6.9
The Good Friend
Drama, Romance
5.5
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Comedy, Crime
7.7
Maybe... Maybe Not
Comedy, Drama
6.2
Back to the Future Part II
Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
7.8
The Big Blue
Romance, Drama, Adventure
7.5
The Good German
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
5.8
Trouble in Paradise
Comedy, Crime, Romance
7.4
Dead Poets Society
Drama
8.3
Berlin is in Germany
Comedy, Drama
5.4
Rebel Without a Cause
Drama
7.5
Stand by Me
Crime, Drama
7.9
Muriel's Wedding
Comedy, Drama, Romance
6.8
About a Boy
Drama, Comedy, Romance
6.7
Ghost
Fantasy, Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance
7.2
Breathless
Drama, Crime
7.5
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Family
7.0
The Shawshank Redemption
Drama, Crime
8.7
The Apartment
Comedy, Drama, Romance
8.2
Casablanca
Drama, Romance
8.2
Once Upon a Time in America
Drama, Crime
8.4