MDF (Venezuela)
Directed by Margot Benacerraf
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Milestone)
A day in the life of salt miners and fishermen in the harsh environment of a peninsula in northern Venezuela. These simple people work around the clock manually carrying salt from an inland lake to the top of ever-growing, man-made pyramids on which they are stored to eventually be hauled away by truck for sale. Others spend their time fishing for the sustenance of the incredibly poor village. The bleak landscape lends itself to the high contrast black and white photography which is outstanding. There is almost no dialogue, only narration which while occasionally poetic also tends to be monotonous. As a result, we never really get to know any of these people, as if watching from afar as a bystander.
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