The Minister and Me

Jul 1, 1976

1h 49m

★ 6.9

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Rioma Films

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Cast

Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'

Cantinflas

Vicky

Chela Castro

Barbara

Lucía Méndez

Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'

Ángel Garasa

Estrellita

Manolita Saval

María

Delia Peña Orta

Don Nachito

Alonso Castaño

Don Antonio, señor ministro

Miguel Manzano

Huésped de Yucatán

Daniel Herrera

Tamarita

Tamara Garina

Julia Ramírez, secretaria del licenciado

Alejandra Meyer

Sr. Alcalino Buenrostro

Pedro de Aguillón

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