"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...
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José Ignacio Cabrujas | ... |
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| Laurent Terzieff | ... |
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Directed by
| Margot Benacerraf | ||
Written by
| Margot Benacerraf | ... | (writer) |
| Pierre Seghers | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Henry Nadler | ... | producer |
Music by
| Guy Bernard | ||
Cinematography by
| Giuseppe Nisoli | ||
Editing by
| Pierre Jallaud | ... | (as Pierre Jalluad) |
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- Milestone Film & Video (2007) (World-wide)
- Oscilloscope (2011) (United States) (DVD)
- The Criterion Channel (2021) (United States) (tv) (digital)
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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 |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The filming crew consisted of just director Margot Benacerraf and her cinematographer Giuseppe Nisoli. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Madame Cinéma (2018). See more » |