Canoa: A Shameful Memory

Canoa: A Shameful Memory
Directed by Felipe Cazals
Produced by Roberto Lozoya
Written by Tomás Pérez Turrent
Starring Arturo Alegro
Cinematography Álex Phillips Jr.
Edited by Rafael Ceballos
Release date
  • 4 March 1976 (1976-03-04)
Running time
 115 minutes
Country Mexico
Language Spanish

Canoa: A Shameful Memory (Spanish: Canoa: memoria de un hecho vergonzoso) is a 1976 Mexican drama film directed by Felipe Cazals, based upon the San Miguel Canoa Massacre.[1]

Plot

The film is based on real events about a group of young employees of the Autonomous University of Puebla who go mountain climbing to La Malinche and have to spend the night in a small town called San Miguel Canoa, where they are confused for communist students. The right-wing town priest encourages the people to lynch them.

Cast

  • Enrique Lucero as Priest
  • Salvador Sánchez as Witness
  • Ernesto Gómez Cruz as Lucas
  • Roberto Sosa as Julián
  • Jaime Garza as Roberto
  • Arturo Alegro as Ramón
  • Carlos Chávez as Miguel
  • Gerardo Vigil as Jesús Carrillo Sánchez
  • Manuel Ojeda as Town man
  • Malena Doria as Priest's housekeeper
  • Rodrigo Puebla as Pedro
  • Sergio Calderón as Mayor
  • Rodrigo Cruz as Store guy
  • Gerardo del Castillo as Manuel
  • Alicia del Lago as Lucas's wife
  • Jorge Fegán as Commander
  • Guillermo Gil as Army policeman
  • Juan Ángel Martínez as Police Captain
  • Gastón Melo as Sacristan

Release

It was one of the first movies to express the tone of the time of the setting: Mexico 1968, when student turmoils were spread across the country. It was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize.[2]

Reception

The film was both a critical and a box-office success.[3] Mexican filmmakers Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón have praised the film.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Canoa: memoria de un hecho vergonzoso". www.filmografiamexicana.unam.mx. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Berlinale 1976: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "Canoa: A Shameful Memory: The Devil in Disguise". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "'Canoa: A Shameful Memory' is shamelessly enticing". 27 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
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