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Araya

Documentary

1959, 1h 30min

A work of such overwhelming grandeur that Jean Renoir told director Margot Benacerraf after viewing the film, “Above all . . . don’t cut a single image,” this poetic documentary-narrative hybrid is a landmark of both neorealist and feminist South American cinema. For five hundred years, the Araya peninsula in northeastern Venezuela has been mined for its salt. Through images of breathtaking beauty, Benacerraf captures the everyday lives of three families and their back-breaking work in the salt marshes, exquisitely preserving an embattled but tenacious way of life.

"Araya" — documentary movie produced in France and Venezuela and released in 1959. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.6 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 30min. "Araya" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel. Click on a playlink to watch it now!

Country: Venezuela, France

Director:

Margot Benacerraf

Cast:

Laurent Terzieff,

José Ignacio Cabrujas