El ministro y yo
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- Runtime
- 109 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Cantinflas
- Chela Castro
- Lucía Méndez
- Ángel Garasa
- Manolita Saval
- Delia Peña Orta
- Alonso Castaño
- Miguel Manzano
- Daniel Herrera
- Tamara Garina
- Alejandra Meyer
- Pedro de Aguillón
- Gastón Melo
- Mónica Prado
- Héctor Suárez
- José Manuel Fregoso
- Manuel Alvarado
- Socorro Avelar
- Carmen del Valle
- Rubén Márquez
- Marcelo Villamil
- Federico González
- Rojo Grau
- Cecilia Leger
- Inés Murillo
- Fernando Pinkus
- Fernando Yapur
- Pedro Damián
- Raúl 'Chato' Padilla
Director
- Miguel M. Delgado
Producers
- Jacques Gelman
Screenwriter
- Tito Davison
