Netflix has released the new trailer for Society of the Snow, the story of the Uruguayan 1972 Andes flight disaster, which is Spain's entry for Best International Feature Film at next year's Academy Awards.
Society of the Snow is directed and co-written by J.A. Bayona (The Impossible, The Orphanage) and is based on the Pablo Vierci book of the same name.
Releasing the trailer for the gripping drama, the streaming giant said: "The film tells the story of the Miracle of the Andes.
"On Oct. 13, 1972, a rugby team from Montevideo, Uruguay, boarded Flight 571 to Santiago, Chile, for a match. But on their way through the snowy Andes - just short of their destination - the plane crashed deep in the barren mountains, where temperatures can reach 40 degrees below zero.
"Twelve people died on impact and several more were gravely injured. Only 29 lived to see a second day in the Andes.
"After multiple search-and-rescue planes combed the area, the search was called off and the passengers were presumed dead.
"After nearly two and a half months, 16 survivors were rescued. But what happened during those 72 days?
"From Gaudí and Goya award-winning director J.A. Bayona (The Impossible, A Monster Calls), Society of the Snow tells the near-impossible story of the Andes flight disaster. The film, Bayona's first Spanish feature since 2007's The Orphanage, closed the 2023 Venice Film Festival.
"This tale is not for the faint of heart: For those not familiar (and who haven't seen the 1993 film Alive, which also dramatises the crash), it involves graphic depictions of the crash and what the victims had to do to keep from starving to death, including cannibalism."
Society of the Snow will premiere in selected cinemas in December and will arrive on Netflix on Thursday 4 January 2024.
