El ministro y yo (1976)

Comedy
Drama

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

Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
Julia Ramírez, secretaria del licenciado
Sr. Alcalino Buenrostro
Huésped de Nuevo León
Empleada de oficina
Gordo (uncredited)
Lupita (uncredited)
Empleada oficina (uncredited)
Empleado oficina (uncredited)
Empleado oficina (uncredited)
Empleado departamento de quejas (uncredited)
Spindola Jr. (uncredited)
Cliente (uncredited)
Chonita, sirvienta (uncredited)
Burócrata (uncredited)
Mayordomo (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'
Estrellita
Don Nachito
Don Antonio, señor ministro
Huésped de Yucatán

Crew

Screenplay
Additional Dialogue
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Production Design
Makeup Artist
Unit Production Manager
Assistant Director
Sound Recordist
Sound Effects
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Editor
Costume Design
Assistant Editor
Script Supervisor