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Araya (1959)

Not Rated | | Documentary | 1959 (Venezuela)
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"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... See full summary »

Director:

Margot Benacerraf

Writers:

Margot Benacerraf, Pierre Seghers

Stars:

José Ignacio Cabrujas, Laurent Terzieff
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Cast

Credited cast:
José Ignacio Cabrujas José Ignacio Cabrujas ... Narrator (spanish version)
Laurent Terzieff ... Narrator (french version)
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"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. Written by Carlos Javier Gomez de Llarena <gomezll@ibm.net>

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salt | venezuela | salt mine | title directed by female | third cinema | See All (12) »

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Certificate:

Not Rated

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Official Sites:

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Country:

Venezuela | France

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

1959 (Venezuela) See more »

Also Known As:

Araya l'enfer du sel See more »

Filming Locations:

Araya, Estado Sucre, Venezuela

Company Credits

Production Co:

Caroni Films C.A., Films de l'Archer See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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A wonderful documentary about simple people in a forgotten part of the world
2 February 1999 | by Mazoruler – See all my reviews

This is a very interesting documentary about a day in the life of two families of peasants in northern Venezuela. It records how they inherited their work from their parents and grandparents and how they extract the salt from sea water in order to sell it to survive in a very far and isolated part of the world. I think this is one of the best latin american documentaries ever done, and one of the best I've ever seen in my life.
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