Canoa is a 1976 Mexican drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Felipe Cazals

Felipe Cazals

Felipe Cazals is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer born in Guethary, France, but registered as born in Zapopan, Jalisco, where he lived his childhood, before being established with his family in Mexico City...

. The film is based on real events about a group of 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 communists. The right wing town priest encourages the people to lynch them. It was one of the first movies to express the tone of the time of the setting: 1968, when student turmoils

Tlatelolco massacre

The Tlatelolco massacre, also known as The Night of Tlatelolco , was a government massacre of student and civilian protesters and bystanders that took place during the afternoon and night of October 2, 1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City...

 were spread all across the country. It was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival

26th Berlin International Film Festival

The 26th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 25 to July 6, 1976.-Jury:* Jerzy Kawalerowicz * Hannes Schmidt* Marjorie Bilbow* Michel Ciment* Guido Cinotti* Georgi Daneliya* Wolf Hart* Bernard R...

, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize

Jury Grand Prix

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Cast

• Arturo Alegro - Ramón
• Sergio Calderón
  Sergio Calderón
  Sergio Calderón is a Mexican actor.Calderón's first role was that of "Pedro" in the 1971 film The Bridge in the Jungle. Since then he has appeared in numerous films including the 1997 film Men in Black and the 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End .-External links:...
  
   - Mayor
• Carlos Chávez
  Carlos Chávez
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   - 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
  Jaime Garza
  Jaime Garza was a Mexican American boxer in the Featherweight division. He's the former WBC Super Bantamweight Champion.-Professional career:...
  
   - Roberto
• Guillermo Gil - Army policeman
• Ernesto Gómez Cruz
  Ernesto Gómez Cruz
  Ernesto Gómez Cruz is a prolific Mexican actor with more than 154 films.He has been nominated several times for the Ariel Award...
  
   - Lucas
• Enrique Lucero
  Enrique Lucero
  Enrique Lucero was a Mexican film actor. Notable for such films as Macario and Two Mules for Sister Sara ....
  
   - Priest
• Juan Ángel Martínez - Police Captain
• Gastón Melo - Sacristan
• Manuel Ojeda
  Manuel Ojeda
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   - Town man
• Rodrigo Puebla - Pedro
• Salvador Sánchez - Witness
• Roberto Sosa - Julián
• Gerardo Vigil - Jesús Carrillo Sánchez