The Minister and Me
ComedyDrama
★ 7.2/1019761h 49m
Director: Miguel M. Delgado
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.
Runtime
1h 49m
Language
Spanish
Released
Jul 1, 1976
Runtime
1h 49m
Language
Spanish
Released
Jul 1, 1976
Cast
Cantinflas
Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
Chela Castro
Vicky
Lucía Méndez
Barbara
Ángel Garasa
Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'
Manolita Saval
Estrellita
Delia Peña Orta
María
Alonso Castaño
Don Nachito
Miguel Manzano
Don Antonio, señor ministro
Daniel Herrera
Huésped de Yucatán
Tamara Garina
Tamarita
Alejandra Meyer
Julia Ramírez, secretaria del licenciado
Pedro de Aguillón
Sr. Alcalino Buenrostro
Gastón Melo
Gastón Melo
Huésped de Nuevo León
Mónica Prado
Empleada de oficina
Héctor Suárez
Burócrata
José Manuel Fregoso
José Manuel Fregoso
(uncredited)
Manuel Alvarado
Manuel Alvarado
Gordo (uncredited)
Socorro Avelar
Socorro Avelar
Lupita (uncredited)
Carmen del Valle
Empleada oficina (uncredited)
Rubén Márquez
Rubén Márquez
Empleado oficina (uncredited)
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