Review 749: Society of the Snow

  

Society of the Snow, J. A. Bayona's powerful retelling of the 1972 Uruguayan plane crash in the Andes mountains is a tense, gruelling experience that's a tough watch but is also moving, heartfelt and emotionally rewarding.

Society of the Snow beautifully illustrates the majestic and terrible spirit of the Andes Mountains where  is in full force.  

The facts are undiniably scary as shown in a brilliantly executed sequence, the plane was sliced in half, crashing into a mountain and most of the passengers were killed instantly. 

Bayona wastes no time in establishing these people  You probably shouldn't get too attached to them. Much like Paul Greengrass' United 93, most of the players are played by Uruguayan and Argentine actors, most of them newcomers. This lends the film a sense of authen   the score by Michael Giacchino is