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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.
Theatrical
Jul 1, 1976
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Rioma Films
Original Title
El ministro y yo
Original Language
Spanish
Cantinflas Collection
Cantinflas - The Black and white movies
Cast
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Cantinflas
Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
C
Chela Castro
Vicky
L
Lucía Méndez
Barbara
Á
Ángel Garasa
Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'
M
Manolita Saval
Estrellita
D
Delia Peña Orta
María
A
Alonso Castaño
Don Nachito
M
Miguel Manzano
Don Antonio, señor ministro
D
Daniel Herrera
Huésped de Yucatán
T
Tamara Garina
Tamarita
A
Alejandra Meyer
Julia Ramírez, secretaria del licenciado
P
Pedro de Aguillón
Sr. Alcalino Buenrostro
G
Gastón Melo
Huésped de Nuevo León
M
Mónica Prado
Empleada de oficina
H
Héctor Suárez
Burócrata
J
José Manuel Fregoso
(uncredited)
M
Manuel Alvarado
Gordo (uncredited)
S
Socorro Avelar
Lupita (uncredited)
C
Carmen del Valle
Empleada oficina (uncredited)
R
Rubén Márquez
Empleado oficina (uncredited)
