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.
El analfabeto
Comedy
7.7
Sube y baja
Comedy
8.1
The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist
Animation, Comedy
7.0
El circo
Comedy
7.7
El Extra
Comedy
6.8
Knock
Comedy
6.4
El Portero
Comedy
7.5
Inspector Calzonzin
Comedy
7.5
Conserje en Condominio
Comedy
5.7
Rambo III
Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
6.2
Howl's Moving Castle
Fantasy, Animation, Adventure
8.4
Dumbo
Animation, Family
7.0
Zero Effect
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
6.2
Dersu Uzala
Adventure, Drama
7.9
Down by Law
Crime, Drama, Comedy
7.3
Midnight Cowboy
Drama
7.5
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Adventure, Fantasy
7.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
Comedy, Family
6.3
Anatomy of a Fall
Thriller, Mystery, Crime
7.5
Something to Talk About
Comedy, Drama
5.7
Speed Racer
Family, Action, Adventure, Comedy
6.3
Fearless
Drama, Action
7.5
Lemon Tree
Drama
6.9
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.1
The Bucket List
Drama, Comedy
7.2
Married Life
Crime, Drama, Romance
5.8
21
Drama, Crime
6.7
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Crime, Comedy, Action, Drama
6.8
Zero Motivation
Drama, Comedy
6.5
Far North
Drama, Thriller, Romance, Crime
6.1
Dick Tracy
Adventure, Comedy, Crime
6.1
Bullets of Justice
Action, Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction, War
4.9
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
Beyond Silence
Drama, Music
6.9
Summer Storm
Comedy, Drama
6.8