The Minister and Me
El ministro y yo
Rating: 6.9 · 1976 · Comedy, Drama · Mexico · 1 ч 49 мин
Description
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.
Information
- Original title
- El ministro y yo
- Year
- 1976
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 1 ч 49 мин
- TMDB
- 6.9
- IMDb
- 6.9
Director
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 — Huésped de Nuevo León
- Mónica Prado — Empleada de oficina
- Héctor Suárez — Burócrata
- José Manuel Fregoso — (uncredited)
- Manuel Alvarado — Gordo (uncredited)
- Socorro Avelar — Lupita (uncredited)
- Carmen del Valle — Empleada oficina (uncredited)
- Rubén Márquez — Empleado oficina (uncredited)
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