The Salt of the Earth (2014 film)

The Salt of the Earth
Film poster
Directed by
Written by
Produced byDavid Rosier
StarringSebastião Salgado
Cinematography
  • Hugo Barbier
  • Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Edited by
  • Maxine Goedicke
  • Rob Myers
Music byLaurent Petitgand
Production
companies
  • Decia Films
  • Amazonas Images
  • Fondazione Solares delle Arti
Distributed byLe Pacte
Release dates
  • 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]
Countries
  • France
  • Brazil
  • Italy
Languages
  • French
  • Portuguese
  • Italian
  • English
Box office$3.6 million[2]

The Salt of the Earth (also released under the French title Le sel de la terre) is a 2014 internationally co-produced biographical documentary film directed by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado.[3] It portrays the works of Salgado's father, the Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado.[4]

The film was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival,[5] where it won the Special Prize.[6] It went on to win many awards at international film festivals and awards ceremonies, including the Audience Award at the 2014 San Sebastián International Film Festival, the Audience Award at the 2015 Tromsø International Film Festival,[7][8] and Best Documentary at the 40th César Awards.[9] At the 87th Academy Awards, The Salt of the Earth was nominated for Best Documentary.[10]

  1. ^ "The Salt of the Earth (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Salt of the Earth". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Wim Wenders Sets Sail for Cannes, But Where Is 'Every Thing Will Be Fine'?". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  4. ^ "The Salt of the Earth review – colourful portrait of visionary photographer Sebastião Salgado". The Guardian. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  5. ^ "2014 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Un Certain Regard 2014 Awards". Festival de Cannes 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  7. ^ sansebastianfestival.com Other awards of the 62nd edition
  8. ^ tiff.no Award Winners 2015
  9. ^ "Cesar Awards: 'Timbktu' Sweeps, Kristen Stewart Makes History". The Hollywood Reporter. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Oscars 2015: Full List of Nomiations". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

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