The True Story of Society of the Snow
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As for me, I've read the book Alive about the events, and of course I saw this film, though not the 1993 film of the same name.
A few things to note:
- They didn't fly into the Andes directly from Montevideo, but rather via Mendoza, Argentina first (key because they flew due south from there, immediately east of the Andes until they were supposed to cross the mountain chain near Curico, but turned into the Andes too far north)
- Nando Parrado named the mountain that he and Roberto Canessa climbed en route to their rescue, after his father (short version is he wrote that note near the peak seen in the film, but didn't know what to call the mountain, hence the name. To this day, that mountain next to the crash site is known as Mt. Seler (Parrado's father's name is Seler.
- Unknown to the survivors at the time, there was an abandoned resort just 12 miles east of the crash site (vacated for the season) in Argentina, which potentially could've given the survivors some shelter and possibly food.
- The footage from the helicopters at the end as they encircled the plane's wreckage was the real footage from the time of the rescue.
Date: 2024-01-23
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Comments and reviews: 11
KingOfGaymes
I’ve seen the older movie about this and it was pretty interesting but heartbreaking considering it’s a real story, I believe it was called Alive.
This whole situation just sounds like genuine hell on earth, I’m glad the survivors are doing okay now. I can’t imagine living through that and then being criticized for doing what it took to survive. I really hope they know that they did nothing wrong and are living happily.
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I’ve seen the older movie about this and it was pretty interesting but heartbreaking considering it’s a real story, I believe it was called Alive.
This whole situation just sounds like genuine hell on earth, I’m glad the survivors are doing okay now. I can’t imagine living through that and then being criticized for doing what it took to survive. I really hope they know that they did nothing wrong and are living happily.
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watchmojo
I’m Chilean, so this is a very important story for us, we don’t even care that they eat human flesh, because they have to, there wasn’t another way to survive, so every time I take a plane to cross The Andes y just pray and thank God that it didn’t happened to me or anyone again, the Andes are the most amazing mountains but it’s also a cemetery for anyone, what they achieve it’s a miracle
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I’m Chilean, so this is a very important story for us, we don’t even care that they eat human flesh, because they have to, there wasn’t another way to survive, so every time I take a plane to cross The Andes y just pray and thank God that it didn’t happened to me or anyone again, the Andes are the most amazing mountains but it’s also a cemetery for anyone, what they achieve it’s a miracle
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blackshrapnel
The sad thing was that even though they survived, they were ostracized and demonized by their peers. As if they could ever understand what it could have been like when your back is against the wall and your body is literally fighting to survive. They did what they had to. No one should judge them unless they were put in the same situation.
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The sad thing was that even though they survived, they were ostracized and demonized by their peers. As if they could ever understand what it could have been like when your back is against the wall and your body is literally fighting to survive. They did what they had to. No one should judge them unless they were put in the same situation.
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irmaviry
This movie changed my outlook on this tragic event in latin American history. I used to not want to know about this. The previous movies made me not want to know. But this movie for sure touched my heart and made me see the events in a different way. I feel I know the characters and I was with them in the movie.
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This movie changed my outlook on this tragic event in latin American history. I used to not want to know about this. The previous movies made me not want to know. But this movie for sure touched my heart and made me see the events in a different way. I feel I know the characters and I was with them in the movie.
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BlackcatPlayerB
I consider this to be one of the most impactful survival stories that exist. Even so, there are people who are criticizing this film for not complying with current fashions such as including a female character, a gay character, a black character or a vegan character among the survivors.
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I consider this to be one of the most impactful survival stories that exist. Even so, there are people who are criticizing this film for not complying with current fashions such as including a female character, a gay character, a black character or a vegan character among the survivors.
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butterflybye69
This is an incredible piece of film-making, of course, it's horrifying what they did, but who can judge, unless they are in a similar position, what one might actually resort to, to survive! and tbh we eat millions of sentient animals globally every day.
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This is an incredible piece of film-making, of course, it's horrifying what they did, but who can judge, unless they are in a similar position, what one might actually resort to, to survive! and tbh we eat millions of sentient animals globally every day.
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eliasakhamisi7947
Well they did what they did and that is cannibalism eating the flesh of your loved ones
We don't know what really happened there if they killed the alive ones to eat them or not but it's already happened and they already survived life goes on.
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Well they did what they did and that is cannibalism eating the flesh of your loved ones
We don't know what really happened there if they killed the alive ones to eat them or not but it's already happened and they already survived life goes on.
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AlexRN
My favorite movies of 2023 (this film came out in theaters last year) are this and Godzilla Minus One. Regular English language Hollywood didn’t have a great year to say the least.
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My favorite movies of 2023 (this film came out in theaters last year) are this and Godzilla Minus One. Regular English language Hollywood didn’t have a great year to say the least.
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LeonardoKlotz
JA Bayona is the one that should've directed STAR WARS
Not Colin Trevorrow or JJ Abrams
He was the only reason why I watched the first episodes of THE RINGS OF POWER
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JA Bayona is the one that should've directed STAR WARS
Not Colin Trevorrow or JJ Abrams
He was the only reason why I watched the first episodes of THE RINGS OF POWER
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jmcdonald6063
Last podcast on the left did a peice on this a few weeks back. Was a absolutely great couple of episodes. I recommend liatening. They make it fun learning about it
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Last podcast on the left did a peice on this a few weeks back. Was a absolutely great couple of episodes. I recommend liatening. They make it fun learning about it
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douglasbunch3313
Miracle in the Andes covers the story very well. And is available to watch. It bothers me that another story was made to tell the tale
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Miracle in the Andes covers the story very well. And is available to watch. It bothers me that another story was made to tell the tale
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