(El ministro y yo)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Mexico

Genres:

Comedy,

Drama

Runtime:

109 minutes

Year:

1976

Directors:

Miguel M. Delgado

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Production companies:

Rioma Films

Actors:

Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'

Vicky

Barbara

Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'

Estrellita

Crews:

Story

Director

Screenplay

Additional Dialogue

Producer