El ministro y yo

El ministro y yo

109 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 1977

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.

El ministro y yo

109 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 1977

El ministro y yo
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Rioma Films
Original title El ministro y yo
Directors Miguel Ángel Madrigal, Américo Fernández, Miguel M. Delgado
Writers Tito Davison, Cantinflas

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 Martha Guzmán 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

José Manuel Fregoso

as (uncredited)

Manuel Alvarado

as Gordo (uncredited)

Socorro Avelar

as Lupita (uncredited)

Carmen del Valle

as Empleada oficina (uncredited)

Rubén Márquez

as Empleado oficina (uncredited)

Marcelo Villamil

as Empleado oficina (uncredited)

Federico González

as Empleado departamento de quejas (uncredited)

Rojo Grau

as Spindola Jr. (uncredited)

Cecilia Leger

as Cliente (uncredited)

Inés Murillo

as Chonita, sirvienta (uncredited)

Fernando Pinkus

as Burócrata (uncredited)

Fernando Yapur

as Mayordomo (uncredited)

Pedro Damián

as (uncredited)

Raúl 'Chato' Padilla

as El Licenciado