Canoa: A Shameful Memory
“A town. Vested interests. 1968: a decisive year in the history of Mexico.”
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
21 people
Salvador Sánchez
Witness
Known for
Alegrijes y Rebujos
Burden of Guilt
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Lucas
Known for
El Infierno
Laws of love
Enrique Lucero
Cura
Known for
Macario
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Arturo Alegro
Ramón
Also in
Música de Viento
Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidra
Roberto Sosa Sr.
Julián
Also in
Red Dawn
Meridiano 100
Carlos Chávez
Miguel
Known for
The Virgin of Lust
Gerardo Vigil
Jesús Carrillo Sánchez
Known for
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Jaime Garza
Roberto
Known for
Distilling Love
Tomorrow is forever
Sergio Calderón
Presidente Municipal
Known for
Men in Black
The Ruins
Gerardo del Castillo
Manuel
Known for
The Little Priest
El profe
Alicia del Lago
Esposa de Lucas
Known for
Tizoc
El Norte
Malena Doria
Ama de llaves del cura
Also in
Benjamín's Wife
Las Poquianchis
Felipe Cazals Director · Tomás Pérez Turrent Writer Álex Phillips Jr. Cinematographer
United States release September 7, 1976 · Produced in Mexico · Production Conacite Uno
Production
Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica (STPC)
Production
Conacite Uno
Production
Mexico
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Canoa: memoria de un hecho vergonzoso
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Mexico · December 5, 1975
Premiere · Muestra Internacional de Cine
Mexico · December 11, 1975
Limited theatrical · Ciudad de Puebla
United States · September 7, 1976
Premiere · San Antonio, Texas
Germany
June 25, 1976 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival (exact date unknown)
March 10, 1980 · TV
Greece
November 21, 2005 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Mexico
March 4, 1976 · Theatrical
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