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The Minister and Me

1976 · 109 min
Genres
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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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Miguel M. Delgado
Written by
Carlos León, Tito Davison
Starring
Cantinflas, Chela Castro, Lucía Méndez, Ángel Garasa, Manolita Saval, Delia Peña Orta, Alonso Castaño, Miguel Manzano
Music
Gustavo César Carrión
Cinematography
Jorge Stahl Jr.
Runtime
109 min
Country
Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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