"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.
Araya has generally received very positive reviews.
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Review of Araya (1959)
Review of Araya (1959)
Review of Araya (1959)
By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 22 Oct 2009
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By Lisa Kennedy (833) for Denver Post (1,096) on 08 Apr 2010
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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 05 Nov 2009
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Review of Araya (1959)
By Ron Wilkinson (582) for Monsters and Critics (513) on 11 Oct 2009
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By Andrew Schenker (354) for Village Voice (8,525) on 05 Oct 2009
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By Amy Taubin (175) for Artforum (101) on 01 Jun 2015
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Araya was released in 1959 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 18 reviews, giving Araya (1959) an average rating of 78%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 90%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 77%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Araya than critics were.
With a score of 78%, Araya is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1959, which stands at 59%.
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