The film was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival , where it shared the Cannes International Critics Prize with Alain Resnais 's '' Hiroshima mon amour '' . The audience at Cannes doubted Benacerraf 's claim that the film has been shot by a two-man crew , especially due to the dramatic shots from a crane , Benacerraf responded that they had merely made use of a vacant crane left at the mine
1959 Cannes Film Festival
1959 Cannes Film Festival
Araya (film)