Canoa: A Shameful Memory

Canoa: A Shameful Memory

1976
★★★★☆ 7.8/10
⏱️ 116 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 ES
HistoryCrimeDramaThriller
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.

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Cast

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

Crew

Director
Felipe Cazals
Writer
Tomás Pérez Turrent
Producer
Roberto Lozoya

Production

Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica (STPC), Conacite Uno

Keywords

small townsuspicionbased on true storymurderpriestangerlynchingmountain climbingcollege student