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The Minister and Me (1976)

The Minister and Me (1976)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 1976, July 1
Directors: Miguel M. Delgado
Countries: Mexico
Production: Rioma Films, Rioma Films
Cast: Rojo Grau, Pedro Damián, Cantinflas, Héctor Suárez, Miguel Manzano, Gastón Melo, Carmen del Valle, Socorro Avelar, Chela Castro, Alejandra Meyer, Inés Murillo, Mónica Prado

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

friendship car accident government corruption car race clerk secretary deaf office ethics minister bureaucrat