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1959·Documentary·1h 30m
7.1
"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.
Directed by Margot Benacerraf
woman director

Cast

José Ignacio Cabrujas
José Ignacio Cabrujas
Narrator (Spanish Version) (voice)
Laurent Terzieff
Laurent Terzieff
Narrator (French Version) (voice)

Crew

Margot Benacerraf
Margot Benacerraf
Director
Pierre Seghers
Pierre Seghers
Writer
Margot Benacerraf
Margot Benacerraf
Writer
Guy Bernard
Guy Bernard
Original Music Composer

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14 reviews
Joakim
Joakim
Araya
Beautiful and calm. Don't know what I feel about the narration.
Beautiful and calm. Don't know what I feel about the narration.
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Nick
Nick
Araya
watching this while being dramatic asf abt preparing for my 6hr expo shift tn

strong 7/10
watching this while being dramatic asf abt preparing for my 6hr expo shift tn

strong 7/10
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Santiago
Santiago
Araya
*“Y de pronto en la tierra desolada, en la antigua Araya, 450 años se ponen frente a frente. ¿La pena de los hombres va a desaparecer? ¿El mundo antiguo va a cambiar? ¿Las máquinas podrán en fin reemplazar los brazos de Benito, de Beltran y Fortunato? ¿Son éstas las últimas maras? ¿Es este el fin de la ronda de la sal? ¿Y flores de verdad podrán crecer algún día aquí para los antiguos muertos de Araya?

The people of Araya made possible the making of this film to which they brought their unusual daily lives; here truth, and maybe also poetry.*
*“Y de pronto en la tierra desolada, en la antigua Araya, 450 años se ponen frente a frente. ¿La pena de los hombres va a desaparecer? ¿El mundo antiguo va a cambiar? ¿Las máquinas podrán en fin reemplazar los brazos de Benito, de Beltran y Fortunato? ¿Son éstas las últimas maras? ¿Es este el fin de la ronda de la sal? ¿Y flores de verdad podrán crecer algún día aquí para los antiguos muertos de Araya?

The people of Araya made possible the making of this film to which they brought their unusual daily lives; here truth, and maybe also poetry.*
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rb
rbPRO
Araya
Every single frame is spectacular. There’s something uncanny about this film. Will mull it over, too eepy to form coherent thoughts
Every single frame is spectacular. There’s something uncanny about this film. Will mull it over, too eepy to form coherent thoughts
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RB
RB
Araya
Every single frame is spectacular. There’s something uncanny about this film. Will mull it over, too eepy to form coherent thoughts
Every single frame is spectacular. There’s something uncanny about this film. Will mull it over, too eepy to form coherent thoughts
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