Canoa: A Shameful Memory
1976 · Movie · 116 min · ★ 7.7 · 78% critics
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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Details
- Original title
- Canoa: memoria de un hecho vergonzoso
- Years
- 1976
- Release date
- 1976-03-04
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (86 votes)
Themes
- small town
- suspicion
- based on true story
- murder
- priest
- anger
- lynching
- mountain climbing
- college student
Awards & recognition
- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize · 1976
Cast & crew
Salvador Sánchez
as Witness
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
as Lucas
Enrique Lucero
as Cura
- AA
Arturo Alegro
as Ramón
- RS
Roberto Sosa Sr.
as Julián
Carlos Chávez
as Miguel
- GV
Gerardo Vigil
as Jesús Carrillo Sánchez
Jaime Garza
as Roberto
Sergio Calderón
as Presidente Municipal
- GC
Gerardo del Castillo
as Manuel
Directed by Felipe Cazals