Benacerraf 's two best known films , the 1950s documentaries '' Reverón '' and '' Araya '' , are considered " landmarks of Latin America narrative non-fiction " . '' Reverón '' illustrates the life of the well-known Venezuelan painter Armando Reverón . '' Araya '' portrays the day-to-day work of the workers of the salt mines of Araya , a village in the east of Venezuela . 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 ''
1959 Cannes Film Festival
1959 Cannes Film Festival
Margot Benacerraf