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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.
Cast
![Cantinflas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//iASObohpLJzqYQM6bQzyup3QvEs.jpg)
Cantinflas
Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'
![Chela Castro](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Chela Castro
Vicky
![Lucía Méndez](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//89EqdH1iH42YqbmBdImMZym7OfC.jpg)
Lucía Méndez
Barbara
![Ángel Garasa](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//23McRDgbOcXCfW1SHeCa9Wn8AFo.jpg)
Ángel Garasa
Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'
![Manolita Saval](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Manolita Saval
Estrellita
![Delia Peña Orta](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Delia Peña Orta
María
![Alonso Castaño](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Alonso Castaño
Don Nachito
![Miguel Manzano](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//g9MIdl32yZuexfaTAVvkVdXnxy1.jpg)
Miguel Manzano
Don Antonio, señor ministro
![Daniel Herrera](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//poWZa9l5ahq30YfL5IcFSjICSHh.jpg)
Daniel Herrera
Huésped de Yucatán
![Tamara Garina](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Tamara Garina
Tamarita
![Alejandra Meyer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qlitpGha27oWYYKRAvbkYIGPox6.jpg)
Alejandra Meyer
Julia Ramírez, secretaria del licenciado
![Pedro de Aguillón](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Pedro de Aguillón
Sr. Alcalino Buenrostro
![Gastón Melo](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Gastón Melo
Huésped de Nuevo León
![Mónica Prado](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vAgJtEH5zpVaD428pUm2lwjBgK3.jpg)
Mónica Prado
Empleada de oficina
![Héctor Suárez](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//eKn2KhEiixyxJfc6Fv7n1MEaP3z.jpg)
Héctor Suárez
Burócrata
![José Manuel Fregoso](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
José Manuel Fregoso
(uncredited)
![Manuel Alvarado](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Manuel Alvarado
Gordo (uncredited)
![Socorro Avelar](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//pPeTnFDs6SaUH2tIi6CfKHwKuUQ.jpg)
Socorro Avelar
Lupita (uncredited)
![Carmen del Valle](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Carmen del Valle
Empleada oficina (uncredited)
![Rubén Márquez](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Rubén Márquez
Empleado oficina (uncredited)
![Marcelo Villamil](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Marcelo Villamil
Empleado oficina (uncredited)
![Federico González](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Federico González
Empleado departamento de quejas (uncredited)
![Rojo Grau](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9jQQWFwberWFAAOXIfzR07bICvx.jpg)
Rojo Grau
Spindola Jr. (uncredited)
![Cecilia Leger](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Cecilia Leger
Cliente (uncredited)
![Inés Murillo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ahNP2cCzo5nSUE2wStvj6oFtnZg.jpg)
Inés Murillo
Chonita, sirvienta (uncredited)
![Fernando Pinkus](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Fernando Pinkus
Burócrata (uncredited)
![Fernando Yapur](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Fernando Yapur
Mayordomo (uncredited)
![Pedro Damián](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xmF2KjZqmtk4kazvh6daMqmsy5w.jpg)
Pedro Damián
(uncredited)
![Raúl 'Chato' Padilla](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//dejRz0bndzDQfN56FpVulH0p2jh.jpg)