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.
as Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
as Vicky
as Barbara
as Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'
as Estrellita
as María
as Don Nachito
as Don Antonio, señor ministro
as Huésped de Yucatán
as Tamarita
as Julia Ramírez, secretaria del licenciado
as Sr. Alcalino Buenrostro
as Huésped de Nuevo León
as Empleada de oficina
as Burócrata
as (uncredited)
as Gordo (uncredited)
as Lupita (uncredited)
as Empleada oficina (uncredited)
as Empleado oficina (uncredited)
as Empleado oficina (uncredited)
as Empleado departamento de quejas (uncredited)
as Spindola Jr. (uncredited)
as Cliente (uncredited)
as Chonita, sirvienta (uncredited)
as Burócrata (uncredited)
as Mayordomo (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as El Licenciado
