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.

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Release Date	July 1, 1976
Status	Released
Original Title	El ministro y yo
Runtime	1h 49min
Budget	—
Revenue	—
Language	Spanish
Original Language	Spanish
Production Countries	Mexico
Production Companies	Rioma Films

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Cantinflas Collection

Includes: No te engañes corazón, Así es mi tierra, Águila o sol, The Sign of Death, Siempre listo en las tinieblas, Jengibre contra Dinamita, Cantinflas boxeador, Cantinflas Ruletero, Cantinflas y su prima, You’re Missing the Point, Ni sangre ni arena, The Unknown Policeman, Carnaval en el trópico, The Three Musketeers, El circo, Romeo y Julieta, Gran Hotel, One Day with the Devil, Soy un prófugo, ¡A volar, joven!, El Supersabio, El Mago, El Portero, El Siete Machos, El bombero atómico, Si yo fuera diputado, El señor fotógrafo, Tailored gentleman, Drop the Curtain, Love Your Neighbor, Entrega Inmediata, Pepe, The Minister and Me, El profe, El Barrendero, Your Excellency, Up and Down, El patrullero 777, El Extra, El bolero de Raquel

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