Cinemaissí
Cinemaissí
Cinemaissí

Araya describes the heavy physical labour of three families in the salt flats in the Araya peninsula, northeastern Venezuela. Benacerraf delicately sculpts the dignity of a collective subject inhabiting an inhospitable landscape, right before the more traditional and physically demanding working methods are swapped for industrial mechanisation. Halfway between neorealism and Latin American feminist traditions, a resilient yet challenged way of life is represented under exquisite aesthetics and a hypnotic narrative.

Director:
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Year:
Duration:

Margot Benacerraf
Venezuela, France
1959
90’

Languages:
Subtitles:
Genre:

Spanish
English
Documentary

Cinemaissí

 

 

   

Cinemaissí

Araya describes the heavy physical labour of three families in the salt flats in the Araya peninsula, northeastern Venezuela. Benacerraf delicately sculpts the dignity of a collective subject inhabiting an inhospitable landscape, right before the more traditional and physically demanding working methods are swapped for industrial mechanisation. Halfway between neorealism and Latin American feminist traditions, a resilient yet challenged way of life is represented under exquisite aesthetics and a hypnotic narrative.

Director:
Countries:
Year:
Duration:

Margot Benacerraf
Venezuela, France
1959
90’

Languages:
Subtitles:
Genre:

Spanish
English
Documentary

Cinemaissí