The Minister and Me (7.2)

Movie · 1976 · 1 h 49 min · Comedy, Drama

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.

Directed by: Miguel M. Delgado

Starring Cantinflas, Chela Castro, Lucía Méndez, Ángel Garasa, Manolita Saval, Delia Peña Orta, Alonso Castaño, Miguel Manzano, Daniel Herrera, Tamara Garina

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