The Minister and Me
1976-07-01 | 109 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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CantinflasMateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
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Chela CastroVicky
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Lucía MéndezBarbara
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Ángel GarasaAvelino Romero 'Romeritos'
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Manolita SavalEstrellita
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Delia Peña OrtaMaría
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Alonso CastañoDon Nachito
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Miguel ManzanoDon Antonio, señor ministro
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Daniel HerreraHuésped de Yucatán
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Alejandra MeyerJulia Ramírez, secretaria del licenciado
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Pedro de AguillónSr. Alcalino Buenrostro
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Mónica PradoEmpleada de oficina
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Héctor SuárezBurócrata
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Socorro AvelarLupita (uncredited)
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