Canoa: A Shameful Memory

Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)

History, Crime1 hour and 56 minutes
77%
User score

A town. Vested interests. 1968: a decisive year in the history of Mexico.

Description

A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch them. Based on a true story.

Tomás Pérez Turrent
Writer
Felipe Cazals
Director

Actors

Salvador Sánchez
Salvador Sánchez
Witness
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Lucas
Enrique Lucero
Enrique Lucero
Cura
Arturo Alegro
Arturo Alegro
Ramón
Roberto Sosa Sr.
Roberto Sosa Sr.
Julián
Carlos Chávez
Carlos Chávez
Miguel
Gerardo Vigil
Gerardo Vigil
Jesús Carrillo Sánchez
Jaime Garza
Jaime Garza
Roberto
Sergio Calderón
Sergio Calderón
Presidente Municipal
Gerardo del Castillo
Gerardo del Castillo
Manuel
Alicia del Lago
Alicia del Lago
Esposa de Lucas
Malena Doria
Malena Doria
Ama de llaves del cura
Jorge Fegán
Jorge Fegán
Comandante
Guillermo Gil
Guillermo Gil
Policia del ejercito
Juan Ángel Martínez
Juan Ángel Martínez
Comisario
Gastón Melo
Gastón Melo
Sacristan
Manuel Ojeda
Manuel Ojeda
Hombre del pueblo
Rodrigo Puebla
Rodrigo Puebla
Pedro
Salvador Garcini
Salvador Garcini
(uncredited)
Baltazar Oviedo
Baltazar Oviedo
(uncredited)
Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Budget

—

Revenue

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Keywords
small townsuspicionbased on true storymurderpriestangerlynchingmountain climbingcollege student