El ministro y yo

6.8

109 minutes

7/1/1976

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.

Cast List

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 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