The Minister and Me (1976)

Name: The Minister and Me
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1976-07-01
Duration: 109 min
Cast: Cantinflas, Chela Castro, Lucía Méndez, Ángel Garasa, Manolita Saval

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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Released 1976-07-01 · 109 min · Comedy, Drama

Directed by Miguel M. Delgado

Part of Cantinflas Collection

Cast

Cantinflas as Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
Chela Castro as Vicky
Lucía Méndez as Barbara
Ángel Garasa as Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'
Manolita Saval as Estrellita
Delia Peña Orta as María
Alonso Castaño as Don Nachito
Miguel Manzano as Don Antonio, señor ministro
Daniel Herrera as Huésped de Yucatán
Tamara Garina as Tamarita
Alejandra Meyer as Julia Ramírez, secretaria del licenciado
Pedro de Aguillón as Sr. Alcalino Buenrostro
Gastón Melo as Huésped de Nuevo León
Mónica Prado as Empleada de oficina
Héctor Suárez as Burócrata