Netflix’s SOCIETY OF THE SNOW depicts the tragic timeline of the infamous Uruguayan plane crash with unerring accuracy. Society of the Snow is a 2023 survival movie directed by J.A. Bayona. The movie tells the story of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash and its survivors and their struggle to escape the Andes with their lives. In October 1972, this flight crashed into an isolated mountain range outside Chile. Many of the 45 crew members and passengers were killed instantly and many more soon succumbed to injuries, freezing temperatures, and inhospitable terrain. However, 16 survivors made it out of the ordeal alive. While 2023’s Society of the Snow changes some elements of their stories, the movie’s depiction of the tragic events is still incredibly true to life. Bayona spoke directly to the surviving members of the Old Christians Club rugby union team who were among the survivors, and he relied on firsthand accounts to ensure the movie’s timeline was as faithful as possible. The group’s fight for survival lasted 72 days in total.

Society of the Snow is currently nominated for 2 Oscars including Best International Feature Film & Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling.

“Intense survivalist tale, based on true events, this interpretation is brutally honest about the essential humanity and harsh physicality of the situation that led to cannibalism.” (SSG Syndicate)

“This faithful version from Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona (The Impossible) is a survival procedural suffused with technical challenges, moral struggle and spiritual reckoning… Bayona has made horror films, but this is not one.” (The Age, Australia)

“Society of the Snow, director JA Bayona’s take on the 1972 Andes flight disaster, manages to balance out a tight cycle of despair and hope.” (The Hindu)

“For anyone who has seen the previous films, many of the elements will be familiar, but Bayona’s picture manages to make it even more vivid and heartrending without leaning into the sensationalism that marred some of the previous efforts.” (The Taos News)

Sunday, February 4
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SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (J.A. Bayona | 2023 | 18A | 144 min | Spanish with English subtitles) On 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.

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