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The Minister and Me
1976, Jul 01
1h 49m
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.
Directed by
Miguel M. Delgado
Miguel Manzano
Don Antonio, señor ministro
Socorro Avelar
Lupita (uncredited)
Cantinflas
Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
Alejandra Meyer
Julia Ramírez, secretaria del licenciado
Daniel Herrera
Huésped de Yucatán
Ángel Garasa
Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'
Delia Peña Orta
María
Rojo Grau
Spindola Jr. (uncredited)
Lucía Méndez
Barbara
Inés Murillo
Chonita, sirvienta (uncredited)
Héctor Suárez
Burócrata
Raúl 'Chato' Padilla
El Licenciado
Alonso Castaño
Don Nachito
Mónica Prado
Empleada de oficina
Manolita Saval
Estrellita
Chela Castro
Vicky
Pedro de Aguillón
Sr. Alcalino Buenrostro
Tamara Garina
Tamarita
Gastón Melo
Huésped de Nuevo León
José Manuel Fregoso
(uncredited)
Manuel Alvarado
Gordo (uncredited)
Carmen del Valle
Empleada oficina (uncredited)
Rubén Márquez
Empleado oficina (uncredited)
Marcelo Villamil
Empleado oficina (uncredited)
Federico González
Empleado departamento de quejas (uncredited)
Cecilia Leger
Cliente (uncredited)
Fernando Pinkus
Burócrata (uncredited)
Fernando Yapur
Mayordomo (uncredited)
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