Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)

  • NR
  • 03/04/1976 (MX)
  • History, Crime
  • 1h 56m

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

Overview

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

Cast

Salvador Sánchez's headshot

Salvador Sánchez

Witness
Ernesto Gómez Cruz's headshot

Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Lucas
Enrique Lucero's headshot

Enrique Lucero

Cura
Arturo Alegro's headshot

Arturo Alegro

Ramón
Roberto Sosa Sr.'s headshot

Roberto Sosa Sr.

Julián
Carlos Chávez's headshot

Carlos Chávez

Miguel
Gerardo Vigil's headshot

Gerardo Vigil

Jesús Carrillo Sánchez
Jaime Garza's headshot

Jaime Garza

Roberto

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