Margot Benacerraf

Margot Benacerraf ( born August 14, 1926 in Caracas, Venezuela ) is a Venezuelan - French film director.

Life

Benacerraf studied in Paris film and theater studies. She was influenced by the Italian neo-realism. In this style, even her major work Araya (1959 ) is rotated. Araya portrays the lives of salt workers on the Venezuelan peninsula of Araya. The film also won the Critics' Prize at the International Film Festival of Cannes 1959. Araya This was the first Latin American movie ever who could win an international film award.

Filmography

Others

The French documentary television series Thalassa ( Thalassa Fr 3) dedicated Margot Benacerraf in the broadcast of 23 February 2007, a short film (Venezuela: qui se souvient d ' " Araya " see sources). Above all, the film Araya was appreciated.