I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash (2010)

Directed by

Brad Osborne

Genre

documentary film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the true story of a plane crash in the Andes mountains in 1972. It follows survivor Nando Parrado as he and others struggle to stay alive for 72 days in extreme conditions, ultimately making a daring trek out of the wilderness.

tenseharrowinginspirationalclaustrophobicrawsomberresilientvisceral

What happens

I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash is a 2010 television documentary recounting the tragedy of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in the Andes mountains from the perspective of survivor Nando Parrado. It is a 2-hour special with reenactments of the October 13, 1972 crash, a deadly avalanche and the 72-day struggle for survival that followed, including details of the 60-kilometre (37 mi) trek out of the mountains by Parrado and fellow survivor Roberto Canessa. I Am Alive was produced by AMS Pictures and premiered on the History Channel on October 20, 2010. It was released for DVD on February 22, 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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