Documentary · France · 1959 · 1h 30m

Araya

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Director
Margot Benacerraf
Cast
José Ignacio Cabrujas as Narrator (Spanish Version) (voice) Laurent Terzieff as Narrator (French Version) (voice)
Crew
Giuseppe Nisoli — Director of Photography Pierre Jallaud — Editor Guy Bernard — Original Music Composer Pierre Seghers — Writer Margot Benacerraf — Writer Henry Nadler — Producer
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.

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Mood & Themes
woman director
Key Collaborators
Margot Benacerraf Director Giuseppe Nisoli Director of Photography Pierre Jallaud Editor Guy Bernard Original Music Composer Pierre Seghers Writer Margot Benacerraf Writer Henry Nadler Producer
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