El ministro y yo (1977)

Comedy

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.

Updated May 22 2020

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1977-01-01

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Keywords:

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Runtime: 109 mins Rating: 5.0

Cast

Gastón Melo

Huésped de Nuevo León

Cantinflas

Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'

Pedro de Aguillón

Sr. Alcalino Buenrostro

Manuel Alvarado

Gordo (uncredited)

Socorro Avelar

Lupita (uncredited)

Miguel Manzano

Don Antonio, señor ministro

Pedro Damián

(uncredited)

Tamara Garina

Tamarita

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Crew

Cantinflas

Story

Gustavo César Carrión

Original Music Composer

Gloria Schoemann

Editor

Ana Guerrero

Makeup Artist

Miguel M. Delgado

Director

Tito Davison

Screenplay

Jorge Stahl Jr.

Director of Photography

Gonzalo Gavira

Sound Effects

Cantinflas

Story

Gustavo César Carrión

Original Music Composer

Gloria Schoemann

Editor

Ana Guerrero

Makeup Artist

Miguel M. Delgado

Director

Tito Davison

Screenplay

Jorge Stahl Jr.

Director of Photography

Gonzalo Gavira

Sound Effects

Francisco Alcayde

Sound Recordist

Salvador Lozano Mena

Production Design

Jacques Gelman

Producer

Raúl Portillo

Sound Editor

Rosa Schoemann

Assistant Editor

Américo Fernández

Assistant Director

Carlos León

Additional Dialogue

Agripina Lozada

Hairstylist

Alfonso Govea

Costume Design

Armando Solís

Unit Production Manager

Ramón Moreno

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Miguel Ángel Madrigal

Script Supervisor

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