Canoa: A Shameful Memory

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

as Witness

Ernesto Gómez Cruz

as Lucas

Enrique Lucero

as Cura

Arturo Alegro

as Ramón

Roberto Sosa Sr.

as Julián

Carlos Chávez

as Miguel

Gerardo Vigil

as Jesús Carrillo Sánchez

Jaime Garza

as Roberto

Sergio Calderón

as Presidente Municipal

Gerardo del Castillo

as Manuel

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