Society of the Snow (2023)

Original title

La sociedad de la nieve

Directed by

J. A. Bayona

Genre

drama film, adventure film, biographical film, thriller film, historical film

Country

Uruguay, Spain, United States

Runtime

2h 24m

Rated

R

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 3,534 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film is about a Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashes in the Andes mountains. The survivors must endure extreme cold, starvation, and impossible choices to stay alive.

tensebleakclaustrophobicvisceralsomberharrowingunflinchingphysically grueling

What happens

Society of the Snow (Spanish: La sociedad de la nieve) is a 2023 survival drama film directed by J. A. Bayona and based on Pablo Vierci's 2008 book of the same name. It is the third feature film about the 1972 Andes flight disaster. A co-production between Spain and the United States, the film has a cast composed of Uruguayan and Argentine actors, most of whom are newcomers, and was shot mainly in Sierra Nevada, Spain. The film closed the 80th Venice International Film Festival in an Out of Competition slot. It was theatrically released in Uruguay on 13 December 2023, in Spain on 15 December 2023, and in the US on 22 December 2023, before streaming on Netflix on 4 January 2024. Society of the Snow received positive reviews. It won 12 awards including Best Picture and Best Director at the 38th Goya Awards, 6 awards at the 11th Platino Awards, and was nominated for 2 Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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