Canoa: A Shameful Memory

Directed by Felipe Cazals

Written by Tomás Pérez Turrent

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.

Cast

Salvador Sánchez

Witness

Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Lucas

Enrique Lucero

Cura

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Arturo Alegro

Ramón

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Roberto Sosa Sr.

Julián

Carlos Chávez

Miguel

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Gerardo Vigil

Jesús Carrillo Sánchez

Jaime Garza

Roberto

Sergio Calderón

Presidente Municipal

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Gerardo del Castillo

Manuel

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Alicia del Lago

Esposa de Lucas

Malena Doria

Ama de llaves del cura