“Society Of The Snow” a movie by J. A. Bayona is all set to make its OTT release on Netflix in January 2024. This story will recall the heart-touching experience from 1972’s Andes plane crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 carrying rugby players. This incident is said to be the greatest survival story of all time, and there is a movie and book, ‘Alive’ depicting the entire 72-day survival of 16 players. Now you must have been thinking that if there is already a movie based on this incident, why is there a need for another movie based on the same?
“Alive” written by Piers Paul and later filmed by Frank Marshall, was renowned in the Spanish-speaking world. The book explores the idea of Cannibalism and in the movie too, the filmmaker has put every wing of the story that he could. He focused on Nando Parrado and Roberto Canessa, the two legends who made the rescue possible.
But “Society of the Snow” is slightly different. This book by Pablo Vierci has a personal touch to it, as one of the survivors, Nando Parrado, was his classmate. When director J. A. Bayona read this book, he was fascinated with the story because there was a lot more to it than what he read in Alive. And the spiritual tone of the author was so convincing that he decided to film it. He gained legal rights to the book for filming.
The USP of this film is that the narrator of the story is a character named Numa, who is dead. So we can say that “Society Of The Snow” is the story of the Numa, which completely goes against the quote “Survival of the Fittest.” In those 72 days, Numa never kept anything for himself, and he did his best for others. He later died 12 days before the rescue.
The author and director had a good conversation with Numa’s close friend and family once to bring this spiritual and unique factor to the film. The film has a more clear emphasis on the mystery of the Pablo Vierci book, which will have its theatrical release in Uruguay on December 13 and on January 4, 2024, on Netflix.
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