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Directed by: Margot Benacerraf
Starring: José Ignacio Cabrujas, Laurent Terzieff
Runtime: 90 min
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The film is set in a natural salt mine in northeastern Venezuela1. It was directed by Margot Benacerraf and won 1 award3.
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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. In images, the life of the "salineros" and their archaic methods of work before their definite disappearance with the arrival of the industrial exploitation.
credit — Araya (1959) is directed by Margot Benacerraf .
award — Araya (1959) awards (OMDb): 1 win & 1 nomination
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. In images, the life of the "salineros" and their archaic methods of work before their definite disappearance with the arrival of the industrial exploitation.
