The story has been told several times in the famous 1990s movie, “Alive,” the excellent documentary “Stranded,” and hell, arguably even “Yellowjackets” borrows its core premise from the story of Air Force Flight 571, which went down in the Chilean Andes mountains in 1972, filled with 45 passengers many of them who were young soccer players on their way to a match (and yes, there’s a cannibalism element to it all). Now, the story is being retold again, this time arguably by its most notable filmmaker, Spanish heavyweight J.A. Bayona, known for “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” “The Orphanage,” and “A Monster Calls.” Bayona’s done disaster/survival films before, 2012’s “The Impossible,” which introduced much of the world to Tom Holland before he was famous,and he’s tackling a similar subject again with “Society Of The Snow.”
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“Society Of The Snow” recently made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where it was picked up by Netflix not long afterward. Now, the streamer has set a date for January 2024 and released a new teaser trailer.
“Society Of The Snow” has a huge cast of Latin American and Latinx actors including Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi, Diego Vegezzi, Fernando Contigiani García, Esteban Kukuriczka, Rafael Federman, Francisco Romero, Valentino Alonso, Tomás Wolf, Agustín Della Corte, Felipe Otaño, Andy Pruss, Blas Polidori, Felipe Ramusio, and Simón Hempe.
The film was written by J.A. Bayona, Bernat Vilaplana, Jaime Marques, Nicolás Casariego and features a score by Michael Giacchino (“Rogue One,” “Thor: Love & Thunder”).
Here’s the official synopsis:
In 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which had been chartered to fly a rugby team to Chile, crashed in the heart of the Andes. Only 29 of its 45 passengers survived the accident. Trapped in one of the most hostile and inaccessible environments on the planet, they have to resort to extreme measures to stay alive.
“Society Of The Snow” is Spain’s official selection for the 2024 International Oscars and Netflix has given it a release date of January 4 on its platform. Watch the new teaser trailer below.
