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.

Country:

Mexico

Genre:

Comedy,

Drama

Duration:

109 minutes

Year:

1976

Director:

Miguel M. Delgado

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Company:

Rioma Films

Cast:

Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'

Vicky

Barbara

Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'

Estrellita

Crew:

Screenplay

Production Design

Unit Production Manager

Sound Recordist

Director of Photography