The Minister and Me
Mateo Melgarejo serves as a notary public and scribe for the illiterate residents of Santo Domingo, a neighborhood just north of Mexico City's Zócalo. A squatter friend seeks his assistance in negotiating with the land census bureau to regularize a land title. After contending with persistent government bureaucracy, he pens a letter to the cabinet minister and earns an audience. The minister hires Melgarejo to reform the bureau, and the appointee proceeds to lecture the officials on their duties in a democratic society. In the end, he relinquishes the post and returns to Santo Domingo to aid its impoverished residents.
Director(s)
Miguel M. Delgado
Miguel Ángel Madrigal
Américo Fernández
Where to watch
VIX
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