The drama The snow company premiered on Netflix last Thursday (4). The Spanish film by director JA Bayona (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) depicts the accident that occurred with Flight 571 in the Andes in 1972. The drama is the platform's new bet to win another Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category and is already one of the shortlists for it. The main actors include Enzo Vogrincic (Iosi, The Repentant Spy), Agustín Pardella (Tudo Pelo Jogo) and Esteban Bigliardi (Die, Monster, Die).
This is another film production that tells the tragedy of the Andes when the plane carrying players from a Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes Mountains in Chile. The incident had previously been depicted in the cinemas Survivors of the Andes (1976) and Alive (1993). If you are curious about the story and want to know more about the film and the real case, follow us.
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Snow Society plot
In the early 1970s, a rugby team left Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, for Santiago, Chile, to take part in a game. In total there were 45 people on the charter plane, including passengers and crew. However, after heavy snowfall, the plane did not survive and crashed in the middle of the Andes. Some of the crew have survived, but if they want to stay alive until rescue arrives, they face a difficult moral dilemma.
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In addition to the main trio, the cast includes Tomas Wolf in the role of Gustavo Zerbino, Diego Vegezzi (Toublanc) as Marcelo Pérez, Esteban Kukuriczka (Betibú), who brings Adolfo “Fito” Strauch to life, Francisco Romero as Daniel Fernández Strauch and Rafael Federman ( Los Sonámbulos) as Eduardo Strauch, Felipe González Otaño (The Hunter) as Carlitos Páez Agustín and more. Bernat Vilaplana (“Pan’s Labyrinth”) and Jaime Marques (“Intruders”) cowrote the script with Bayona.
3 of 4 Plane with 45 passengers from Montevideo to Santiago crashed in the middle of the Andes Photo: Disclosure/Netflix Plane with 45 passengers from Montevideo to Santiago crashed in the middle of the Andes Photo: Disclosure/Netflix
The story behind the film
The tragedy reported by The Snow Society occurred on October 13, 1972. As shown in the film, Uruguayan Air Force Plane 571 crashed deep into the Andes, a Chilean region at 3,600 meters above sea level where temperatures reach 40 degrees below zero can prevail. Twelve people died from the impact alone. As the days passed, another 17 victims did not survive their injuries and other adverse circumstances.
At this point, the other survivors faced a major dilemma: whether or not to use the corpses as food. With food scarce and bodies preserved by snow, the group resorted to cannibalism until rescuers arrived on December 22, 72 days after the accident. When creating the film, Bayona was inspired by the book of the same name by Uruguayan journalist Pablo Vierci, a friend of the survivors.
4 of 4 A plane crash killed 29 people, leaving only 16 survivors Photo: Disclosure/Netflix A plane crash killed 29 people, leaving only 16 survivors Photo: Disclosure/Netflix
Reaction from the public and critics
Currently, the title has a rating of 8 on IMDb based on public voting. Aggregators Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes recorded a score of 71 and an approval rating of 90%. RT critics agree that the film “brings masterful technical skill to the story of a reallife tragedy, but nothing in this show detracts from its simple, powerful message.”
Nick Schager of The Daily Beast praised Bayona's directing work on Snow Society and also stated that “(the film) is a fitting tribute to those who perished and escaped a fateful death on the mountain.” On the other hand, Ben Kenigsberg of the New York Times called the film “too comfortable” in its review. “It's a perverse film because it's seen the way most people will see it: on Netflix, in the safety of their homes, with a fridge nearby,” ironizes the critic.
Check out the trailer for The Snow Society
With information from ABC (Spanish), BBC, IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes
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