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Society of the Snow
2023 film directed by J. A. Bayona
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8.0On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.
Released: 2023-12-15143 minDir: J. A. BayonaDrama, HistoryBudget: $65.5MBox office: $1,281
Cast
- Enzo Vogrincic as Numa Turcatti
- Agustín Pardella as Fernando "Nando" Parrado
- Matías Recalt as Roberto Canessa
- Esteban Bigliardi as Javier Methol
- Diego Vegezzi as Marcelo Pérez del Castillo
- Fernando Contigiani García as Arturo Nogueira
Themes
~13 min read
Article
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.