Society of the Snow

The tragic plane crash involving the Uruguayan rugby team in 1972 has been brought to the big screen, in the movie Alive (1993) directed by Frank Marshall. This story was also the inspiration for the series released in 2021, Yellowjackets.

In 2024, Spanish director J.A. Bayona remade that story in a movie called "Society of the Snow". What sets this movie apart is Bayona's decision to use the real names of the survivors and victims, after getting approval from all their respective family members.

"Society of the Snow" is adapted from Pablo Vierci's book of the same name, which tells the incredible survival story of a rugby team travelling to Chile on a Uruguayan Air Force plane. Tragically, while in the middle of the Andes mountains, the plane had trouble and hit a glacier, splitting and crashing.

Out of 45 people on board, only 16 survived. They endured many days in freezing conditions before rescuers found them. The survivors faced not just the cold but also tough emotional challenges. To stay alive, they had to make hard choices, including eating their deceased teammates.