The Minister And Me

– Mateo Melgarejo (played by Mario Moreno "Cantinflas") is a notary public and scribe for the illitera..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 49 Minutes
Release Year:
1976
Original Name:
Cantinflas - El ministro y yo
The Minister and Me (1976) - Also known as Cantinflas - El ministro y yo

Mateo Melgarejo (played by Mario Moreno "Cantinflas") 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:

01 Jan 1977

Language:

Spanish

Director:

Miguel M. Delgado

Writer:

Cantinflas (original story), Tito Davison (original story), Tito Davison (screenplay), Carlos León (additional dialogue)

Main Actors:

Cantinflas, Chela Castro, Lucía Méndez, Ángel Garasa

Plot:

A good-hearted clerk falls in grace to a minister who invites him to work for the government. His ethics on job alienates him from colleagues while making efforts to return speech to a girl.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.7/10