The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic73/100
33 audience votes
Key crew
- Margot Benacerraf Director
- Guy BernardOriginal Music Composer
- Pierre SeghersWriter
- Margot Benacerraf Writer
Cast
- José Ignacio CabrujasNarrator (Spanish Version) (voice)
- Laurent TerzieffNarrator (French Version) (voice)
Stills
Themes
woman director