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.[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 by communist students. Then during mass the right wing town priest encourages the people to lynch them.

Cast

Production and release

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

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.
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