TMDb Rating
7.0/10
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Araya (1959)
Documentary
90 min
Plot Summary
"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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DocumentaryMargot Benacerraf José Ignacio CabrujasLaurent Terzieff1959
Director
Margot Benacerraf
Top Cast
José Ignacio CabrujasLaurent Terzieff
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