Canoa: A Shameful Memory

Mar 4, 1976

1h 56m

★ 7.8

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.

Genres

History

Crime

Production Companies

Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica (STPC)

Conacite Uno

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Cast

Witness

Salvador Sánchez

Lucas

Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Cura

Enrique Lucero

Ramón

Arturo Alegro

Julián

Roberto Sosa Sr.

Miguel

Carlos Chávez

Jesús Carrillo Sánchez

Gerardo Vigil

Roberto

Jaime Garza

Presidente Municipal

Sergio Calderón

Manuel

Gerardo del Castillo

Esposa de Lucas

Alicia del Lago

Ama de llaves del cura

Malena Doria

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