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Society of the Snow: Release Date, Plot, and Everything We Know

Society of the Snow: Release Date, Plot, and Everything We Know

J. A. Bayona, the award-winning director, is set to make a triumphant return to Spanish-language filmmaking with “Society of the Snow.” The survival drama, based on Pablo Vierci’s nonfiction novel, recounts the harrowing Andes flight disaster of 1972. The film depicts the incredible story of a group of Uruguayan rugby players enduring 72 days of pain, hunger, and harsh mountain weather.

Society of the Snow: Release Date

Society of the Snow: Release Date
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Society of the Snow premieres in select theatres on December 15 and will be available for streaming on

Netflix on January 4, 2024. The film is set to represent Spain at the 2024 Oscars.

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The Cast And Crew

Who Stars in 'Society of the Snow'?
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The ensemble cast of “Society of the Snow” features a notable lineup of Uruguayan and Argentine actors

portraying real-life rugby players. Notable cast members include Enzo Vogrincic Roldán as Numa Turcatti,

Matías Recalt as Roberto Canessa, Agustín Pardella as Nando Parrado, Tomas Wolf as Gustavo Zerbino,

Diego Vegezzi as Marcelo Pérez, Esteban Kukuriczka as Adolfo “Fito” Strauch, and Francisco Romero as

Daniel Fernández Strauch, Rafael Federman as Eduardo Strauch, Felipe González Otaño as Carlitos Páez,

Agustín Della Corte as Antonio “Tintín” Vizintín, Valentino Alonso as Alfredo “Pancho” Delgado, Simón

Hempe as José Luis “Coche” Inciarte, Fernando Contigiani García as Arturo Nogueira, Benjamín Segura as

Rafael “el Vasco” Echavarren, and Rocco Posca as Ramón “Moncho” Sabella.

The Plot

What Is 'Society of the Snow' About?
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“Society of the Snow” is based on Vierci’s novel, chronicling the true events of Uruguayan Air Force

Flight 571. On October 13, 1971, the Montevideo rugby team intended to travel from Uruguay to

Santiago, Chile for a match. Tragically, the plane crashed into the snowy Andes mountains near its

destination. The impact caused 12 immediate fatalities, leaving 29 survivors to endure another day.

Ultimately, after 72 days of search and rescue efforts, only 16 people were rescued.

The Netflix adaptation primarily follows the perspective of Numa Turcatti, a member of Uruguay’s Old

Christians Club rugby team on the ill-fated flight. While “Society of the Snow” portrays the grim reality of

the situation, it also emphasises the profound message of human resilience in the face of death.

The official synopsis for Society of the Snow on Netflix reads:

In 1972, the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to fly a rugby team to Chile, catastrophically crashes on a glacier in the heart of the Andes. Only 29 of the 45 passengers survived the crash and finding themselves in one of the world’s toughest environments, they are forced to resort to extreme measures to stay alive.

Society of the Snow: Trailer

Netflix unveiled the first official teaser trailer for Society of the Snow on August 24. Clocking in at little

over a minute, the preview reveals little about the film other than hinting at its terrifying plot.

On October 20, Netflix unveiled the second teaser trailer for Society of the Snow. The brief video contrasts

the joy of Uruguay’s Old Christians Club rugby team as they board Flight 571 with the dread and anxiety

of the approaching collision. Everything becomes silent moments before the plane crashes into the Andes

mountains. The accident leaves a mist of mystery surrounding the horrible aftermath that will follow, as all

indicators of mayhem are muffled into calm silence.

The director

When it was reported in 2021 that Barcelona-born film filmmaker J. A. Bayona would be directing the

adaptation of the novel, details about the film’s early production emerged. recognised for his work on

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Fire, Bayona recently told Netflix how

he originally came across Vierci’s book.

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