Canoa: A Shameful Memory

(1975)

★ 7.8 IMDb · 88 votes

Genres: History, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Year: 1975

Runtime: 116 мин

Country: Mexico

Director: Felipe Cazals

Cast: Salvador Sánchez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Энрике Лусеро, Arturo Alegro, Roberto Sosa Sr., Carlos Chávez, Gerardo Vigil, Хайме Гарса, Sergio Calderón, Gerardo del Castillo

Plot

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.