Canoa: A Shameful Memory
A town. Vested interests. 1968: a decisive year in the history of Mexico.
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12/11/1975Runtime
116 minsOverview
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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A harrowing account of how fear, authority, and collective delusion can turn an entire town into a machine of violence. Watching it is like witnessing a tragedy unfold with terrible inevitability.
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Heads up
Salvador Sánchez
Witness
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Lucas
Enrique Lucero
Cura
Arturo Alegro
Ramón
Roberto Sosa Sr.
Julián
Carlos Chávez
Miguel
Gerardo Vigil
Jesús Carrillo Sánchez
Jaime Garza
Roberto
Sergio Calderón
Presidente Municipal
Gerardo del Castillo
Manuel
Alicia del Lago
Esposa de Lucas
Malena Doria
Ama de llaves del cura
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