SOCIETY OF THE SNOW Netflix VS True Story & Movie Review

This film definitely took me by surprise and was really something! What did you think of the movie? Let me know your thoughts below!

I love that they chose Numa, the last person to die, so that all the people who died had a voice 🖤

The husband's speech after loosing his wife in the avalanche broke me and I didn't even realize how gripped I was by the movie until that moment

I have been almost obsessed by this survival story for years. Nando. This HERO, who walked for miles over the (sometimes vertical) Andes mountains, wearing only rugby boots and summer clothes - with no equipment apart from poles and crude sunglasses made with materials salvaged from the plane crash. He set out and walked..having survived a plane crash, head injury, medical coma, starvation, dehydration, injury, sub zero temperatures, emotional loss of his mother, sister and friends..having to make the unthinkable choice to use the only protein on the mountain...those same friends. He climbs and walks an impossible journey, then (not shown in any movies, but read the books) voluntarily steps back on a helicopter to go and rescue the other survivors - on a helicopter that was buffeted so much by the wind the pilots were crying and on the return, the other survivors were shouting the rosary. Nando Parrado. Inspiration, Hero....a living legend. Also of course, Roberto Canessa. Saved for a reason.

I'm from Uruguay. It's important to highlight we don't have snow or mountains that high here. Also October for us is spring leading to summer. They were dressed for summer weather. So although it would have been a hostile environment for anyone, imagine for people who had never experienced that cold, altitude and without proper clothing

This is hands down the best movie I have ever seen and makes me incredibly grateful for the life I live. So much emotion

This movie is by a landslide the best depiction of this gut wrenching story. The plane crash, the first night, the avalanche was brilliantly done and just as I imagined when I read about it. This movie didn’t downplay the suffering these young men went through the way Alive did. I about jumped off my couch when it showed the rock throwing letter exchange with their rescuer. And the aftermath omg the shower scene was heartbreaking 😭 but beautiful. This is the PERFECT dedication to the survivors and the victims and their families. To show the world the agony and suffering this group went through. Hats off to everyone involved in its creation.

An element that makes the movie more interesting are the cameos. They are subtle but very thoughtful, and a true 'homage' At the beginning you can see Nando opening the door for his family at the airport, like letting the past come to life. Carlitos plays the character of his father Carlos (RIP), who was always hopeful and on the search, by naming all the survivors through the phone from Chile. Also appears Roberto Canessa as a doctor, his 'role' in the accident (he was studying at the moment) and his career after all. Daniel Fernández appears on the church scene. There are even more cameos apparently from survivors, family members, etc. Very meaningful from the production to do so.

Learning that this was a true story makes it even more harrowing. The actors really did a great job, I thought Numa would make it cos he was the narrator I literally cried when he died. Whats great about this adaptation was they didnt focus on only one character in the story. It was confusing at first to get to know each character but it worked cos you connect with every character not just Numa or Nando

I am latina and have known this story for decades. This movie is a true masterpiece, so captivating and so well done with care, love and attention to detail. The director Bayona is a genius, the young latin actors brilliant and so talented, I loved that all actors are either Uruguayans or argentinians, movie was made IN SPANISH and that a few survivors also acted in the movie makes it even more special. Absolutely beautiful, they do deserve an Oscar. Viva Uruguay 🇺🇾

An interesting side note: Nando Parrado (who crossed the Andes on foot) makes a very short cameo in this film. He the gentleman that opens the door for them when they enter the airport at the beginning of the movie!

Easily the best movie of 2023. It will take you in. Even if you know the story, the imagery is insane and the acting was nothing short of phenominal.

Didn’t know anything about this incident so I thought Numa was one of the survivors. He was the heart and soul of the group and a damn hero. I was absolutely crushed when he died.

The survivors have expressed the proper terminology would be anthropophagy and not cannibalism. Cannibalism is associated with killing. They didn't kill anyone. They ate flesh of the dead to sustain life. Very different things

This film was brilliant. Im Chilean and Im quite aware of this story, but the story seriously shocked me one more time. The characters were so unique, Numa's voice throughout the whole movie and he not making it (him being the voice of the deceased was a great point I didn't think of), really surprised me. The conditions, the crash itself, surviving however and with no limits, made it really hard to experience through the screen. It left me with a feeling of despair and even though there were survivors, it felt so bittersweet at the end. Definitely had a night with vivid dreams after watching it.

Having read 2 books on the event, I have to say this is the most realistic and visceral depiction of the event. Beautifully made and shot, it is an incredible re-creation of the event.

I actually cried when Numa died. Also, i think he looks like the actor Adam Driver.

this might be incredibly stupid but after the movie I hugged my dog and was so thankful we are both alive and well…just makes you remember how good it is to be able to give and receive love while nothing standing in the way of that…I am absolutely stunned by what those people went through, I am so sorry anyone had to go through that

The scene that made me teary eyed was when the helicopters where about to arrive and the survivors where combing their hair and brushing their teeth because after all of that they still wanted to look presentable 🥹🥹🥹

Honestly one of the best movies I ever watched, right up there with Interstellar. I almost scrolled right past it, but when I clicked on it I recognised the image of the wrecked fuselage and IMMEDIATELY became teary eyed. I cried like a baby seeing what they went through, also because most of the passengers were about the same age as I am now (21) but sadly their lives were cut short in the worst possible way.