Canoa: A Shameful Memory

Canoa: A Shameful Memory

116 mins | Crime, Thriller, History | March 4, 1976

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.

Canoa: A Shameful Memory

116 mins | Crime, Thriller, History | March 4, 1976

Canoa: A Shameful Memory
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Conacite Uno, Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica (STPC)
Original title Canoa: memoria de un hecho vergonzoso
Directors Manuel Ortega, Felipe Cazals
Writers Tomás Pérez Turrent

Cast

Enrique Lucero

as Cura

Salvador Sánchez

as Witness

Arturo Alegro

as Ramón

Roberto Sosa Sr.

as Julián

Carlos Chávez

as Miguel

Gerardo Vigil

as Jesús Carrillo Sánchez

Jaime Garza

as Roberto

Sergio Calderón

as Presidente Municipal

Alicia del Lago

as Esposa de Lucas

Malena Doria

as Ama de llaves del cura

Jorge Fegán

as Comandante

Guillermo Gil

as Policia del ejercito

Juan Ángel Martínez

as Comisario

Gastón Melo

as Sacristan

Manuel Ojeda

as Hombre del pueblo

Rodrigo Puebla

as Pedro

Salvador Garcini

as (uncredited)

Baltazar Oviedo

as (uncredited)

Adriana Rojo

as (uncredited)