Araya
1959 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 886 VOTES · DIR. Margot Benacerraf
Overview
"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.
Dialogue Timeline — 559 lines
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00:01:17 On this land nothing grew.
00:05:33 with materials brought from so far away
00:07:12 and this breaking dawn.
00:09:19 Their gestures always identical, ritualistic, exacting.
00:11:09 Salt of the salt miners.
00:13:36 gathered during the night.
00:16:17 Benito's "mara" was not the exact weight.
00:18:36 Hour after hour, under the rising Sun
00:20:40 Carmen
00:22:57 and today he has carried 70 "maras" of salt.
00:25:37 the boats that come to fetch the salt
00:28:35 Today, the Sea has been generous.
00:31:41 From Escarceo to El Rincón
00:33:52 storing water for the whole family.
00:36:43 is her first customer.
00:39:03 And the Sea is the only source of life
00:42:58 eating in silence
00:49:06 And yet, did not God say to men. ;
00:54:14 All afternoon, Dámaso and Nemesio
00:58:57 filled with nostalgia of sea and centuries.
01:03:32 kindled by the strong breeze
01:10:41 And it's a date for the Grandmother and Carmen.
01:15:31 For Adolfo, too, the round starts again.
02:00:00 set sail today.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed559
Dialogue density6.2 lines / min
First line00:01:17
Final line02:00:00
Production Record
DirectorMargot Benacerraf
LanguageSpanish
IMDb votes886