Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1975)
Canoa
A town. Vested interests. 1968: a decisive year in the history of Mexico.
115 min
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.
- Release date
- March 4, 1976
- Country of origin
- Mexico
Where to watch
Rent
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Fandango At Home
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Buy
- Amazon Video
- Apple TV Store
- Fandango At Home
- Google Play Movies
- YouTube
Trailer
Cast
- Salvador Sánchez as El testigo
- Ernesto Gómez Cruz as Lucas García
- Enrique Lucero as El señor cura
- Arturo Alegro as Ramón Calvario Gutiérrez
- Gerardo Vigil as Jesús Carrillo Sánchez
- Jaime Garza as Roberto Rojano Aguirre
- Sergio Calderón as Presidente Municipal
- Gerardo del Castillo as Manuel
- Alicia del Lago as Esposa de Lucas
- Malena Doria as Ama de llaves del cura
- Guillermo Gil as Policia del ejercito
- Gastón Melo as Sacristan
- Manuel Ojeda as El que trata de detener el linchamiento
- Rodrigo Puebla as Pedro
- Salvador Garcini as (uncredited)
- Roberto Sosa as Julián González Baez
- Carlos Chávez as Miguel Flores Cruz
Crew
- Felipe Cazals · Director
- Tomás Pérez Turrent · Writer
- Álex Phillips Jr. · Cinematographer
- Rafael Ceballos · Editor
- Carlos Grandjean · Production designer
- Salvador Lozano Mena · Production designer