El ministro y yo
109 mins
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.
Tamara Garina
Tamarita
Gastón Melo
Huésped de Nuevo León
José Manuel Fregoso
(uncredited)
Manuel Alvarado
Gordo (uncredited)
Carmen del Valle
Empleada oficina (uncredited)
Rubén Márquez
Empleado oficina (uncredited)
Marcelo Villamil
Empleado oficina (uncredited)
Federico González
Empleado departamento de quejas (uncredited)
Cecilia Leger
Cliente (uncredited)
Fernando Pinkus
Burócrata (uncredited)
Fernando Yapur
Mayordomo (uncredited)
Carlos León
Additional Dialogue
Jacques Gelman
Producer
Gustavo César Carrión
Original Music Composer
Salvador Lozano Mena
Production Design
Ana Guerrero
Makeup Artist
Agripina Lozada
Hairstylist
Armando Solís
Unit Production Manager
Américo Fernández
Assistant Director
Francisco Alcayde
Sound Recordist
Gonzalo Gavira
Sound Effects
Ramón Moreno
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Raúl Portillo
Sound Editor
Alfonso Govea
Costume Design
Rosa Schoemann
Assistant Editor
Miguel Ángel Madrigal
Script Supervisor