Society of the Snow

Society of the Snow (Spanish: La sociedad de la nieve) is an upcoming Spanish drama film directed by J. A. Bayona based on the Uruguayan 1972 Andes flight disaster. The film is an adaptation of the book La sociedad de la nieve (The Snow Society: The Definitive Account of the World's Greatest Survival Story)[1] by Pablo Vierci, which documents accounts of all 16 survivors of the crash, many of whom Vierci knew from childhood.[2] The cast is composed of Uruguayan and Argentine actors, most of whom are newcomers.[3] Netflix will release the film, which is expected to be ready in 2023.[2]

Society of the Snow
Directed byJ. A. Bayona
Screenplay by
Based onLa sociedad de la nieve
by Pablo Vierci
Produced by
CinematographyPedro Luque
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Cast

The cast is as follows:[4][5]

  • Enzo Vogrincic Roldán as Numa Turcatti
  • Agustín Pardella as Nando Parrado
  • Matías Recalt as Roberto Canessa
  • Tomas Wolf as Gustavo Zerbino
  • Diego Ariel Vegezzi
  • Esteban Kukuriczka
  • Francisco Romero as Daniel Fernández Strauch
  • Rafael Federman as Eduardo Strauch
  • Felipe González Otaño as Carlos "Carlitos" Páez
  • Agustín Della Corte as Antonio “Tintin” Vizintin
  • Valentino Alonso as Pancho Delgado
  • Simón Hempe as José Luis "Coche" Inciarte
  • Fernando Contigiani García
  • Benjamín Segura
  • Luciano Chatton as Pedro Algorta
  • Agustín Berruti as Bobby François
  • Juan Caruso as Álvaro Mangino
  • Rocco Posca as Moncho Sabella
  • Andy Pruss as Roy Harley
  • Esteban Bigliardi as Javier Methol
  • Paula Baldini as Liliana Methol
  • Blas Polidori
  • Felipe Ramusio
  • Santiago Vaca Narvaja
  • Emanuel Parga
  • Carlos "Carlitos" Páez as his father, Carlos Páez Vilaró[6]

Production

Bayona discovered Vierci's book while researching for his 2012 film The Impossible. Society of the Snow was announced in November 2021. Filming locations include Sierra Nevada, Spain; Montevideo, Uruguay; and Chile and Argentina in the Andes, including the actual crash site.[7]

In August 2021, a second unit, headed by Alejandro Fadel, Argentine director of Murder Me, Monster, filmed landscapes in Chile for reference in on-set virtual production and post-production.[3][2][8] Principal photography took place in Sierra Nevada from 10 January to 29 April 2022.[9][6] In Sierra Nevada, the production was challenged by a scarcity of snow and the Saharan Air Layer, which covered the mountains in orange.[3][10] Three replicas of fuselage wreckages were used: one was placed in a hangar built in a parking lot,[11] another buried in artificial snow and supported by a hydraulic crane that allowed moving the fuselage, and the other above a tarn at 3,000 m (9,800 ft) high.[2][3][8] In the hangar, a 30-metre-tall screen displayed the second unit's footage of the Andes.[3][10][8] A third unit was tasked with more dangerous mountain shots.[3] The three units consisted of around 300 workers.[2][3] Filming in Uruguay concluded in late July 2022,[5][12][6] and the production continued in Madrid.[5]

David Martí and Montse Ribé, Academy Award–winning special effects makeup artists of Pan's Labyrinth, created prosthetic corpses and wounds.[3][8] Post-production is planned to last about five months involving 300 personnel.[3][2] Vierci, who serves as an associate producer, visited the set in Sierra Nevada.[2]

See also

References
  1. "The Snow Society: The Definitive Account of the World's Greatest Survival Story". Hachette Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. Mayorga, Emilio; Hopewell, John (29 April 2022). "Netflix, 'The Impossible' Director J.A. Bayona Wrap Spain Shoot on 'Society of the Snow,' an Uplifting Disaster Movie". Variety. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. Meseguer, Astrid (29 April 2022). "'La sociedad de la nieve': así es el ambicioso rodaje de J.A. Bayona sobre el Milagro de los Andes". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. Netflix (29 November 2021). "J.A. Bayona to direct Society of the Snow (La sociedad de la nieve) for Netflix" (Press release). Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  5. Fourment, Belen (27 July 2022). "Netflix en Uruguay: terminó el rodaje local de la película sobre los Andes; todo lo que se sabe". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  6. "Netflix: terminó el rodaje local de una nueva película sobre la "Tragedia de los Andes"". Página 12 (in Spanish). 27 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  7. Ritman, Alex (29 November 2021). "J. A. Bayona Sets Netflix Real-Life Disaster Drama 'Society of the Snow'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  8. Salvans, Roger (1 May 2022). "'La sociedad de la nieve': Visitamos el rodaje de la nueva película de J.A. Bayona para Netflix". Fotogramas (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  9. Cabrero, José E. (29 April 2022). "Dentro de 'La sociedad de la nieve', la superproducción de Bayona en Granada". Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  10. "De rodaje con J.A. Bayona: El milagro de Los Andes llega a Sierra Nevada". EFE (in Spanish). 29 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  11. Cabrero, José E. (15 December 2021). "El hangar de J. A. Bayona en Sierra Nevada". El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  12. "Terminó en Montevideo el rodaje de la película "La sociedad de la nieve" sobre la tragedia de Los Andes". Telemundo. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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