The 1972 plane crash of a young Uruguayan rugby team in the remote Andes mountains that forced them to extreme measures to survive is revisited in this superior Netflix production. Although the story was covered in the worthy but more Hollywood 1993 film Alive, like Bayona's excellent tsunami film The Impossible, a lot of the time here is emotionally raw and very hard to watch. The actual crash comes quite early and is swift, brutal and utterly distressing, and the aftermath is unflinchingly terrible to witness. Although the story itself is inherently harrowing. the film successfully humanises the survivors in order to convey their resilience, camaraderie, desparation and humanity through an exceptional ensemble cast with an extraordinary performance from Enzo Vogrincic as the focal member of the team. The immediacy and reality of the situation is ever-present, the cinematography is stunning (from the vast snowy maintains to the claustrophobic confines of the remaining cabin), and one of Michael Giacchino's most beautiful and haunting scores is at times sublime, not least the ethereal theme played over the heartbreaking end section. Quite simply, Society Of the Snow is a powerful and excellent film that may be difficult to watch but is very rewarding.
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