El ministro y yo
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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.
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Edited by Gloria SchoemannShot by Jorge Stahl JrScored by Gustavo Cesar CarrionDesigned by Salvador Lozano Mena
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18 unique people credited
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Cantinflas
as Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
Chela Castro
as Vicky
Lucia Mendez
as Bárbara
Angel Garasa
as Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'
Manolita Saval
as Estrellita
Miguel Manzano
as Don Antonio (Ministro)
Daniel Chino Herrera
as Huésped de Yucatán
Raul Chato Padilla
as El Licenciado
Delia Pena Orta
as María
Alonso Castano
as Don Nachito
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