Canoa: A Shameful Memory

Name: Canoa: A Shameful Memory
Genre: History, Crime
Released: 04 Mar 1976
Rating: 7.80
Cast: Salvador Sánchez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Enrique Lucero, Arturo Alegro, Roberto Sosa Sr.

A town. Vested interests. 1968: a decisive year in the history of Mexico. 1976-03-04 Mexico 116 minutes.

7.80 77 votes

History Crime small town suspicion based on true story murder priest anger lynching mountain climbing criterion college student

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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.

Year 1976

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

Director Felipe Cazals

Crew Tomás Pérez Turrent (Writer), Felipe Cazals (Director), Roberto Lozoya (Producer), Álex Phillips Jr. (Director of Photography), Manuel Ortega (Assistant Director), Felisa Ladrón de Guevara (Makeup Artist)

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Language Español