Canoa (film)
| Canoa | |
|---|---|
| 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 dates |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
Canoa: memoria de un hecho vergonzoso ("Canoa: a shameful memory") 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 with communist students. Then during mass the right wing town priest encourages the people to lynch them.
Cast
- Arturo Alegro - Ramón
- Sergio Calderón - Mayor
- Carlos Chávez - Miguel
- Rodrigo Cruz - Store guy
- Gerardo del Castillo - Manuel
- Alicia del Lago - Lucas's wife
- Malena Doria - Priest's housekeeper
- Jorge Fegán - Commander
- Jaime Garza - Roberto
- Guillermo Gil - Army policeman
- Ernesto Gómez Cruz - Lucas
- Enrique Lucero - Priest
- Juan Ángel Martínez - Police Captain
- Gastón Melo - Sacristan
- Manuel Ojeda - Town man
- Rodrigo Puebla - Pedro
- Salvador Sánchez - Witness
- Roberto Sosa - Julián
- Gerardo Vigil - Jesús Carrillo Sánchez
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
- ↑ "Canoa: memoria de un hecho vergonzoso.". www.filmografiamexicana.unam.mx. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
- ↑ "Berlinale 1976: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
External links
- Canoa at the Internet Movie Database
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