The Minister and Me
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.
Comedy
Drama
6.9
34 reviewsRuntime: 109 min.
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 1976-07-01
Director(s): Miguel M. Delgado
Production: Rioma Films
Languages: Spanish
IMDB: tt0161815
Collection: Cantinflas Collection
