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Dominican Rep. Araya
- Original title
- Araya
- Year
- 1959
- Running time
- 90 min.
- Country
Venezuela- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Music
- Cinematography
Giuseppe Nisoli (B&W)- Producer
- Co-production Venezuela-France;
- Genre
- Documentary | Small Town Life (Non-North American)
- Synopsis
- "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.
- Awards
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1959: Cannes Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize, ex-aequo with "Hiroshima mon amour"
- Critics' reviews
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According to director Steven Soderbergh, "Araya has lost none of its ability to fascinate and move us with its hypnotic combination of beauty and hardship. It's a gift to cineastes".
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