Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)
04/03/1976
History, Crime
1h 56m
- 78% (77 votes)
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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.
- Felipe CazalsDirector
- Tomás Pérez TurrentWriter
Original Title
Canoa: memoria de un hecho vergonzoso
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Keywords
- small town
- suspicion
- based on true story
- murder
- priest
- anger
- lynching
- mountain climbing
- college student
Top Billed Cast
Salvador Sánchez
Witness
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Lucas
Enrique Lucero
Cura
Arturo Alegro
Ramón
Roberto Sosa Sr.
Julián
Carlos Chávez
Miguel
Gerardo Vigil
Jesús Carrillo Sánchez
Jaime Garza
Roberto
Sergio Calderón
Presidente Municipal
Gerardo del Castillo
Manuel
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