“Society of the Snow” is a 2023 survival thriller film directed by J. A. Bayona about the Uruguayan 1972 Andes flight disaster.
The movie is based on the book “La sociedad de la nieve” by Pablo Vierci, which documents accounts of all 16 survivors of the crash, many of whom Vierci knew from childhood.
The film stars AgustÃn Pardella, Esteban Kukuriczka, Francisco Romero, and Valentino Alonso, among others. The movie was released theatrically in Uruguay on December 13, 2023, in Spain on December 15, 2023, and in the US on December 22, 2023, before streaming on Netflix on January 4, 2024. The movie has received critical acclaim, with several critics calling it Bayona’s best work ever.