Que bien hecha está esta película, la dirección de Bayona es impecable, la decisión de plantear la historia principalmente desde el punto de vista de Numa es un acierto total. Desgarradora, desesperante, atemorizante, desesperanzadora, ansiosa, me quedo sin palabras para describir todo lo fuerte que es esta historia y como, de bien, te transmite todo esto.

This movie enter my favorite, it make me feel like if I was in the tragedy of los Andes.

This puts you right in there with them, trying to survive. I felt super claustrophobic at one point. Lots of sadness but a great movie

Hermosa divina Maravillosa capta todo lo que es la escencia,Sin burlas y con seriedad.Un Gran aplauso a estos Actores 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I was completely engrossed, unusual for a fidget like me. Beautiful filming, music and emotional integrity.

An exceptional movie!

Society of the Snow Juan Antonio Bayona’s Society of the Snow delivers one of the most visceral and harrowing depictions of a plane crash ever put to screen. The film’s opening sequence, which recreates the infamous 1972 Andes plane disaster, is brutally realistic, immersing viewers in a heart-stopping, chaotic experience. The level of detail in the crash is staggering—every jolt, shattering piece of metal, and panicked scream feels disturbingly real. The camera work places the audience inside the fuselage, making the impact sequences feel claustrophobic and unrelenting. Bayona doesn’t shy away from the sheer violence of the moment: bodies are thrown, the plane is torn apart mid-air, and the raw terror of the passengers is palpable. The realism in this sequence sets the tone for the rest of the film, which never flinches in depicting the survivors’ grim reality. Society of the Snow isn't just about the physical endurance of its characters—it forces viewers to confront the full, devastating horror of what they endured from the very moment of impact.

Chilling. Traumatizing. Captivating. Society of the Snow is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. J. A. Bayona (The Impossible, A Monster Calls, and The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power) brings this true story to the screen without hiding a single detail. An impossible situation pushes the absolute limits of humanity - and then beyond. Society of the Snow is so many of this year's films wrapped into one. The trauma and narration of 20 Days in Mariupol. The cinematography of Oppenheimer. The inspiration and endurance of Nyad. The emotion of The Color Purple. It makes The Zone of Interest look like child's play. This film deserves so many more awards than it was nominated for, including Best Picture. It was submitted for Original Score and more notably Visual Effects for which it deserves both a nomination and a win (see Oscar Shortlist). A rugby team from Uruguay endures a plane crash in the Andes Mountains and the survivors must endure the extreme elements, starvation, and isolation as they fight to stay alive long enough to be rescued. The incredible cast portrays such a vast range of emotions, and you feel trapped in the Andes right along with them. Enzo Vogrincic (Numa Turcatti) carries the lead role for most of the film. His role is the heart and soul of the survivors, and costume designer Julio Suárez creatively dresses only him in yellows and brighter fabrics to emphasize the hope he represents. Technically, Society of the Snow is astounding. The plane crash scene is... some of the best minutes of film I've ever seen. The event is horrifying, but the cinematography and special effects are so excellently executed that you can't look away. The cast and crew overcame countless technical challenges - including filming onsite in the Valley of Tears in the Andes Mountains, the real-life location of the events from the film. To apply the effects of dehydration, frostburn, and starvation to a character, and make it believable, requires incredible skill. The makeup & hairstyling team does so to an entire cast of the 27 survivors. Their achievement overshadows the other films nominated for this category. The various textures of skin, the cracked lips, the unkempt hair, the hollow cheeks, the thinned limbs. The bodies. Everything about the physical appearance of the characters is tangible and dreadfully realistic. Extraordinarily bitter, yet rewardingly sweet. Many stories like this have been told on screen - and so many more that could be told. And while these stories are disturbing, they are also inspiring. They show us something deep about ourselves as people and what we’re capable of. Just as Numa narrates in the opening scene of the film: “Some say it was a tragedy. Others call it a miracle,” a miracle in the Andes… the truth? It is both. Both extremes of the human experience, collide in the psyche at the same time.

A breathtaking and deeply moving film that captures the resilience, humanity, and sheer will to survive of the real-life victims and heroes of the Andes tragedy. Bayona crafts an emotionally gripping narrative, immersing the audience in both the beauty and brutality of the mountains. The performances feel incredibly raw and authentic, making you truly connect with each character and their struggle. Every moment is filled with intensity and heart, leaving you in awe of the real people behind this incredible story. An unforgettable cinematic experience!

A brilliantly conceived film with top notch production design. Felt utterly realised and the acting is exceptional. Directing is excellent. I hope this gets reception or noms for the oscars.

História maravilhosa e emocionante

So good. So brutal. I love that it wasn't in English. For me it added more depth. The Plane crash was insane.

Realistic, raw. The acting, casting, cinematography, directing and production are all masterfully done. If it wasn't in Spanish, we would have seen many nominations and awards at major ceremonies like the Oscars. I even read that, initially, they struggled to secure funding for the movie due to the language. I'm glad Netflix stepped in, allowing us to experience this masterpiece. Throughout the movie, you feel as though you're right there with them in their struggle for survival, moving from one emotion to the next. I haven't had such an emotional experience with a movie in a long time. The lines were truly like poetry; Spanish speakers must have felt it even more. Honestly, I only saw a post of a scene on social media. It was so moving that I decided to watch it without knowing anything else. Only toward the end of the movie did I realize that it must be an adaptation of a real event, because the details felt too realistic to be imaginary. After watching the movie, I read that they interviewed all the survivors and their families for over 100 hours. It makes sense because the effort put into the movie was definitely reflected in the viewing experience. I think it’s a challenging task to create a two-hour survival movie that keeps the audience engaged without becoming bored, but they absolutely succeeded. They made me feel every moment, and I was captivated from start to finish. It's actually not just a survival movie. It is a movie of friendship, solidarity and love.

I was really expecting this to be another bland survival story but boy was aI wrong. The cinematography was excellent. The character development was also very good so you felt an emotional connection to the characters. Sometimes the pacing of these movies overshadows the actual plot, and while there were some moments of the story dragging, overall it was exciting most of the way through. They didn't shy away from gore as well.

Definitely worth watching this, a real life story of a plane crash and how they survived for over two months in the Andes.

Honestly its a pretty sad story of the challenges of survival in the snowy mountains after a really bad plane crash.

An extremely bleak and harrowing atmosphere with brilliant storytelling. Most definitely worth the watch.

I liked the movie because the passengers do not lose hope to returt home. each passenger clings to the reinforcements to not die

This film is a complete masterpiece. From beginning to end. Portraying a true story that gets you shivers down the spine, this fantastic work creates a captivating atmosphere. You cannot not watch this movie. Brings tears.

Survival stories, especially those that actually happened, are far more terrifying than anything I watch during my annual “Horror Fest,” and Society of the Snow might be the most visceral and well-made. This is a recounting that is so horrific that details were removed, not added, to bolster the final story. An elite Rugby team from Uruguay charters a flight to Chile in October 1972. However, being the Southern Hemisphere, this is still in the thick of Winter and given a handful of miscommunications and poor decisions, the flight crashes into the Andes Mountains. The elements and lack of food and overall supplies create a godforsaken atmosphere for the survivors, who have to resort to the most stomach-churning resolutions merely to prolong their suffering in the hopes of a rescue that is likely never going to come. This is one of the stories that pushes the human will to live far beyond anything imaginable. It’s shocking that the runtime is 144 minutes and is 95% focused on the survivors and never becomes mundane. There aren’t multiple POVs from loved ones back in Uruguay or the reaction to the crash in other parts of the world. The plot is extremely focused, to the movie’s benefit. It’s graphic only when it needs to be — and here, where the injuries to both those who perished on impact or over 2 months later, were apparently significantly more disturbing than anything that is shown on screen. A pertinent aspect of the survivors is that they were vast majority young, athletic men from the same team. The test of their bond, roles to stay alive, and ultimate sacrifices, give the plot a different element than one of forging new bonds, as is typically the case, amongst a sundry group of crash victims. Numa’s (Enzo Vingrincic’s) note to his friends, while on the cusp of death, may be the greatest use of a Bible verse I have ever seen put on screen: Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. — John 15:13. When you understand the literalness of this final message, your core freezes over. This is a beautiful, heartbreaking, must-watch movie. I highly recommend pairing it with the Three-part podcast series from The Last Podcast on the Left. As I write this, The Society of the Snow is my top movie of 2023.