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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
Alejandra Meyer
Julia Ramírez, secretaria del licenciado
Cantinflas
Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
Delia Peña Orta
María
Raúl 'Chato' Padilla
El Licenciado
Rojo Grau
Spindola Jr. (uncredited)
Héctor Suárez
Burócrata
Lucía Méndez
Barbara
Manolita Saval
Estrellita
Pedro de Aguillón
Sr. Alcalino Buenrostro
Miguel Manzano
Don Antonio, señor ministro
Daniel Herrera
Huésped de Yucatán
Mónica Prado
Empleada de oficina
Inés Murillo
Chonita, sirvienta (uncredited)
Ángel Garasa
Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'
Chela Castro
Vicky
Alonso Castaño
Don Nachito
Socorro Avelar
Lupita (uncredited)
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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