
Tin Men(1987)
A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.


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.

Cantinflas
Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'

Chela Castro
Vicky

Lucía Méndez
Barbara

Ángel Garasa
Avelino Romero 'Romeritos'

Manolita Saval
Estrellita

Delia Peña Orta
María

Alonso Castaño
Don Nachito

Miguel Manzano
Don Antonio, señor ministro

Daniel Herrera
Huésped de Yucatán

Tamara Garina
Tamarita
The Minister and Me is a comedy, drama film released in 1976 exploring themes of friendship, government, corruption, car race, clerk, office. Directed by Miguel M. Delgado, it stars Cantinflas, Chela Castro, Lucía Méndez. 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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