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The Minister and Me

★ 6.8 (33 votes) | 1976 | 1h 49m
ComedyDrama
Overview

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.

Details
  • Status Released
  • Release Date July 1, 1976
  • Budget N/A
  • Revenue N/A
  • Production Rioma Films

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