“Society of the Snow” is a Spanish-language movie that has been nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes. The movie is based on a true story and chronicles the harrowing survival tale of a group of young rugby players who were stranded in the Andes after their plane crashed in 1972. The movie has been praised for its visual spectacle and conscience.
According to a review by The Guardian, the movie is a “powerful retelling” of the story and is “powerfully retold” . The review also highlights the agonizing decisions that the passengers had to take in order to survive and the schismatic disagreement between the people who detested the idea of cannibalism and those who accepted it. Another review by Digital Spy describes the movie as “brutally devastating” and “a visual spectacle with a conscience” . The review also praises the movie’s strong performances and its ability to balance the horror of the situation with the humanity of the characters .
A review by The Telegraph describes the movie as “wrenching” and “deeply harrowing” and praises the movie for dispensing with sappy takeaways about the triumph of the human spirit . The review also highlights the movie’s ability to capture the communal ordeal of the survivors and the survival strategy of eating the deceased .
The cast of “Society of the Snow” includes the following actors
- Enzo Vogrincic Roldán as Numa Turcatti
- Matías Recalt as Roberto Canessa
- Agustín Pardella as Nando Parrado
- Tomas Wolf as Gustavo Zerbino
- Diego Vegezzi as Marcelo Pérez del Castillo
- Esteban Kukuriczka as Adolfo “Fito” Strauch
- Francisco Romero as Daniel Fernández Strauch
- Rafael Federman as Eduardo Strauch
- Felipe González Otaño as Carlitos Páez
- Agustín Della Corte as Antonio “Tintín” Vizintín
- Valentino Alonso as Alfredo “Pancho” Delgado
- Simón Hempe as José Luis “Coche” Inciarte