Canoa: A Shameful Memory

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.

Directed by Felipe Cazals

Top cast

Salvador Sánchez

Witness

Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Lucas

Enrique Lucero

Cura

A

Arturo Alegro

Ramón

R

Roberto Sosa Sr.

Julián

Carlos Chávez

Miguel

G

Gerardo Vigil

Jesús Carrillo Sánchez

Jaime Garza

Roberto

Sergio Calderón

Presidente Municipal

G

Gerardo del Castillo

Manuel

A

Alicia del Lago

Esposa de Lucas

Malena Doria

Ama de llaves del cura

Jorge Fegán

Comandante

Guillermo Gil

Policia del ejercito

J

Juan Ángel Martínez

Comisario

G

Gastón Melo

Sacristan

Manuel Ojeda

Hombre del pueblo

Rodrigo Puebla

Pedro

S

Salvador Garcini

(uncredited)

B

Baltazar Oviedo

(uncredited)

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