The Minister and Me

The Minister and Me

1976
1h 49m
6.9

6.9/10

34 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Drama
Overview

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.

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Language: ES

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Production Information

Production Companies
Rioma Films
Production Countries
Mexico
Spoken Languages
Spanish

Keywords

friendship government corruption car race clerk office deaf minister secretary car accident bureaucrat ethics

Quick Facts

Original Title El ministro y yo
Release Date July 1, 1976
Status Released
Language ES
IMDb ID tt0161815

Cast

Cantinflas
Cantinflas

Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'

Chela Castro
Chela Castro

Vicky

Lucía Méndez
Lucía Méndez

Barbara

Ángel Garasa
Ángel Garasa

Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'

Manolita Saval
Manolita Saval

Estrellita

Delia Peña Orta
Delia Peña Orta

María

Alonso Castaño
Alonso Castaño

Don Nachito

Miguel Manzano
Miguel Manzano

Don Antonio, señor ministro

Daniel Herrera
Daniel Herrera

Huésped de Yucatán

Tamara Garina
Tamara Garina

Tamarita

Alejandra Meyer
Alejandra Meyer

Julia Ramírez, secretaria del licenciado

Pedro de Aguillón
Pedro de Aguillón

Sr. Alcalino Buenrostro

Key Crew

Tito Davison
Screenplay
Miguel M. Delgado
Director
Jacques Gelman
Producer