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"This 1976 Mexican feature is based on a reportedly real incident which took place in 1968. When a group of hikers happen upon a village governed by a paranoid and fanatical priest, they are labelled as communists and desecrators and are lynched by the bespelled townspeople."
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Disc 1
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Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)
116 min
DramaHistoryThrillerCrime
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.
Credits
Director
Felipe Cazals
Writer
Tomás Pérez Turrent
Cast
Salvador Sánchezas Witness
Ernesto Gómez Cruzas Lucas
Enrique Luceroas Cura
Arturo Alegroas Ramón
Roberto Sosa Sr.as Julián
Carlos Chávezas Miguel
Gerardo Vigilas Jesús Carrillo Sánchez
Jaime Garzaas Roberto
Sergio Calderónas Presidente Municipal
Gerardo del Castilloas Manuel
Cinematographer
Álex Phillips Jr.
Editor
Rafael Ceballos
Producer
Roberto Lozoya
Images
Release Details
- Packaging
- Blu-ray Case
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- June 10, 2026