The Minister and Me

El ministro y yo

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.

Director

Miguel M. Delgado

Music

Gustavo César Carrión

Screenplay

Tito Davison

Screenplay

Carlos León

Status

Released

Release date

01/07/1976

Original language

Spanish