The Minister and Me
El ministro y yo
Watch the minister and me on HDtoday. 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.
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Country: Mexico
- Director: Miguel M. Delgado
- Cast: Cantinflas, Chela Castro, Lucía Méndez, Ángel Garasa, Manolita Saval, Delia Peña Orta, Alonso Castaño, Miguel Manzano, Daniel Herrera, Tamara Garina, Alejandra Meyer, Pedro de Aguillón, Gastón Melo, Mónica Prado, Héctor Suárez, José Manuel Fregoso, Manuel Alvarado, Socorro Avelar, Carmen del Valle, Rubén Márquez, Marcelo Villamil,
