El ministro y yo (1977)
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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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CantinflasMateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
Chela CastroVicky
Lucía MéndezBarbara
Ángel GarasaAvelino Romero 'Romeritos'
Manolita SavalEstrellitaDelia Peña OrtaMaríaAlonso CastañoDon Nachito
Miguel ManzanoDon Antonio, señor ministro
Daniel HerreraHuésped de Yucatán
Tamara GarinaTamarita
Alejandra MeyerJulia Ramírez, secretaria del licenciadoPedro de AguillónSr. Alcalino BuenrostroKeywords
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What is El ministro y yo about?
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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El ministro y yo has a runtime of 109 minutes.
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