Canoa: A Shameful Memory
One of Mexico’s most highly regarded works of political cinema, Canoa: A Shameful Memory reimagines a real-life incident that had occurred just eight years before its release, when a group of urban university employees on a hiking trip were viciously attacked by residents of the village of San Miguel Canoa who had been manipulated by a corrupt priest into believing the travelers were communist revolutionaries. Director Felipe Cazals adopts a gritty documentary style to narrate the events in Canoa while referencing the climate of political repression that would lead to the massacre of student protesters in Mexico City shortly thereafter. The resulting film is a daring commentary on ideological manipulation, religious fanaticism, and mass violence, as well as a visceral expression of horror.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director Felipe Cazals, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New introduction by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro
- New conversation between filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón and Cazals
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by critic Fernanda Solórzano
New cover by Adam Maida
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director Felipe Cazals, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New introduction by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro
- New conversation between filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón and Cazals
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by critic Fernanda Solórzano
New cover by Adam Maida
Cast
- Enrique Lucero
- Priest
- Ernesto Gómez Cruz
- Lucas García
- Rodrigo Puebla
- Pedro
- Roberto Sosa
- Julián González Báez
- Arturo Alegro
- Ramón Calvario Gutiérrez
- Carlos Chávez
- Miguel Flores Cruz
- Jaime Garza
- Roberto Rojano Aguirre
- Gerardo Vigil
- Jesús Carrillo Sánchez
- Jorge Fegán
- Commander
- Alicia del Lago
- Lucas’s wife
- Manuel Ojeda
- Silvestre
- Malena Doria
- Guadalupe
- Salvador Garcini
- Delfino
- Baltasar Oviedo
- Odilón
- Juan López Moctezuma
- Narrator
Credits
- Director
- Felipe Cazals
- Screenplay
- Tomás Peréz Turrent
- Executive producer
- Roberto Lozoya
- Cinematographer
- Álex Phillips Jr.
- Editor
- Rafael Ceballos
- Sound
- Manuel Topete
- Special effects
- Federico Farfán
- Makeup
- Felisa Ladrón de Guevara
A scene from Canoa: A Shameful Memory
