Araya
1959 · Documentary · 90 min. · Venezuela
"Araya" is an old natural salt mine located in a peninsula in northeastern Venezuela which was still, by 1959, being exploited manually five hundred years after its discovery by the Spanish. Margot Benacerraf captures in images, the life of the "salineros" and their archaic methods of work before their definite disappearance with the arrival of the industrial exploitation.
Direction Margot Benacerraf
Cast José Ignacio Cabrujas · Laurent Terzieff
Soundtrack Guy Bernard
Screenplay Margot Benacerraf · Pierre Seghers
Cinematography Giuseppe Nisoli
Original title Araya
7.6
196 votes (FilmAffinity)
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