The Salt of the Earth (2014 film)

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The Salt of the Earth
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  • Wim Wenders
  • Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
  • David Rosier
Music by Laurent Petitgand
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  • Hugo Barbier
  • Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
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  • Maxine Goedicke
  • Rob Myers
Production
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Distributed by Le Pacte
Release dates
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  • 20 May 2014 (2014-05-20) (Cannes)
  • 15 October 2014 (2014-10-15) (France)
  • 26 March 2015 (2015-03-26) (Brazil)
Running time
 110 minutes[1]
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  • France
  • Brazil
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  • French
  • Portuguese
  • English
Box office $3.6 million[2]

The Salt of the Earth is a 2014 French-Brazilian biographical documentary film directed by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado.[3] It portrays the works of the Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado.

The film was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival[4] where it won the Special Prize.[5] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary at the 87th Academy Awards.[6] It won the 2014 Audience Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and the 2015 Audience Award at the Tromsø International Film Festival.[7][8] It also won the César Award for Best Documentary Film at the 40th César Awards.[9]

Reception

The Salt of the Earth received largely positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film reports a 96% approval rating with an average rating of 8/10 based on 77 reviews. The consensus states: "While the work it honors may pose thorny ethical questions that Salt of the Earth neglects to answer, it remains a shattering, thought-provoking testament to Sebastião Salgado's career."[10] On Metacritic, the film has an 83/100 rating based on 29 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[11]

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