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Araya

  • 1959
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 30m
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7.6/10
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Araya (1959)
Documentary

"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.... Read all"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 metho... Read all"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 exploita... Read all

  • Director
    • Margot Benacerraf
  • Writers
    • Margot Benacerraf
    • Pierre Seghers
  • Stars
    • José Ignacio Cabrujas
    • Laurent Terzieff
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    792
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Margot Benacerraf
    • Writers
      • Margot Benacerraf
      • Pierre Seghers
    • Stars
      • José Ignacio Cabrujas
      • Laurent Terzieff
    • 12User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    José Ignacio Cabrujas
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    Laurent Terzieff
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    • Director
      • Margot Benacerraf
    • Writers
      • Margot Benacerraf
      • Pierre Seghers
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    • Trivia
      The filming crew consisted of just director Margot Benacerraf and her cinematographer Giuseppe Nisoli.
    • Connections
      Featured in Madame Cinéma (2018)

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    Well made but tedious....
    Margot Benacerraf made this documentary about the hard and tedious life of workers in Venezuela who dry out and then transport salt from their marshes. It's backbreaking work and goes on day after day with no end. Not surprisingly, it makes for some VERY tedious and dull viewing. What makes it even worse is that the film often is very artsy (such as the first seven minutes of the film during which there is no narration AND the camera seems to focus on anything but the salt or the workers). Certainly this is not a film to be enjoyed by the average viewer (they'll hate it) but is best seen as an ethnographic documentary about a tough way of life back in 1959. I have no idea if this sort of work continues to this day. Nice camera-work (when it's not focusing on clouds, cacti or other irrelevant stuff) but also a film that defies my ability to give it a numerical score. And, it also bored me to tears.
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    • planktonrules
    • Nov 10, 2015

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    • Release date
      • 1959 (Venezuela)
    • Countries of origin
      • Venezuela
      • France
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Арайа
    • Filming locations
      • Araya, Estado Sucre, Venezuela
    • Production companies
      • Caroni Films C.A.
      • Films de l'Archer
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1(original aspect ratio)

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