This movie deserved more Oscar nominations, the acting, cinematography, sound effect, make up, direction , etc. Regardless of any award, this is a masterpiece and I'm happy that more people get to know the story of the survivors and the people who died in the accident how important they were for the rest to survive. It's really inspirational and it is in my top list of movies of all time.
So true. This film is a masterpiece, and the Academy hasn't wanted to recognize it. Best directing and best film, those nominations were so obvious...and the sound, the cinematography should've been nominated too. I don't know the reason, but Jota Bayona is frequenly undervalued by the Oscars. It happened with "The impossible", it happened again with "Jurasic World: Fallen kingdom", the best movie of the franchise since the first one, that film deserved several nominations just like other great sci-fi movies had at the time. And now with "La sociedad de la nieve ". His best work, and we talking about a genius of his craft.
I congratulate you for watching the movie in its native language and with English subtitles. The experience is totally different from having the audio with translation.
I agree; however, I don't want to belittle or discount the experience of anybody watching it dubbed. People have countless reasons why they choose not to watch it with subtitles. I have watched it five times in its entirety. The first version I found was dubbed so that's what I watched. Normally I would prefer subtitles but they did a really good job with the dubbing. I believe they handled the doubbing with the same care, reverence, and respect they used throughout every other part of the movie.
Hay una youtuber que lo vio en inglés pero, cuando subió su video de react, cambió la película a la versión en español. Así quería que creyeran que ella había visto la película en español.
Si algún día tengo hijos, les voy a enseñar a no aspirar a ser un héroe irreal como Superman, sino a aspirar a ser valiente, resiliente y fuerte como Nando Parrado.
@@pazforever Quién dice que la "humildad" te hace más? A mí me interesa la entereza y valentía en las adversidades, lo que haya hecho después me tiene sin cuidado, ya es una apreciación subjetiva (de hecho, tan subjetiva que tu opinión me parece injusta porque, a sabiendas de que es la persona más importante de todas, siempre habló de todo el grupo y minimizó el haber salvado a todos, diciendo que todos tenían su rol, y coso. Cosa que es cierta, obviamente. En el apartado de humanidad, templanza y voluntad me quedo con Gustavo Zerbino, que siempre fue mi favorito. Ahora, ¿en una situación así? ¿De vida y muerte? No encuentro mayor ejemplo de levantarse y HACER, que Nando Parrado). Saludos.
Las mujeres no las tocaron, cuando murio liliana , javier estaba tan mal , que los chicos pensaba que se iba a volver loco, ellos la cambiaron de lugar y el penso que la habian comido , nunca pregunto , 30 años despues o un poco mas cuando se reunieron para el aniversario (todos los años se juntan) salio el tema y uno le dijo que no la habian tocado sólo la cambiaron de lugar con la hermana y madre de Nando, empezaron a reír y terminaron llorando Javier murio en el 2015 fue el primer sobreviviente en morir.
Sin bien no se ve en la película, Liliana fue muy activa en la montaña, era madre, enfermera hasta psicóloga, todos las consideraban como su madre en la montaña
Nando lost his sister, his mom, his friends, broke his skull while left at the cold part of the plane becouse they thought he was dead... Yet he recovered and had the will and determination to do the walk for 10 days... I just CAN'T imagine myself in his position and having that mentality
hey! an uruguayan here, i really liked your reaction. also i wanted to tell you that the real survivors were in the movie. the man who opens the door for nando parrado and his family, its the real nando parrado. roberto canessa is the one holding the one who plays him when they enter the hospital. and carlitos paez is representing his own father when reading the names of the survivors! also, yes, the luggage that zerbino didn't want to leave behind, had things of all the deads in there, he said that he was coming back home with his 29 friends.
thank you! there are a lot of details that you can't see or understand the first time you watch it. for example, nando parrado was in a coma for 3 days bc his head was crashed into a thousand pieces, they helped him without knowing resting his head in ice, so thats how he survived. but if you look more into the story you are going to find a lot more than this! every survivor has his own book about the tragedy, because they all remember it different based on their perception and what they felt. and also thanks for watching it in spanish@@deving9793
@@patgervasio7044 Wouldn’t go that far. The survivors themselves have come out to say they do not like that movie and society of the snow portrayed what they went through with more accuracy.
@@ashley-or7zp which doesn’t make sense. I read the book. Alive seems to follow the book more closely than SothS. But whatever. I still enjoyed Alive more than this movie. Personal preference I guess.
So the reason as to why they never lit fire was because it was impossible. They said that at some point they tried to cook the meat but the fire wouldn't last because of the cold and the strong wind
they did with what they had, but as you could see most of their clothes were on the tail of the plane, so until the point when they found it, they had not a lot to put on@@deving9793
@@deving9793 they did, you'll see in many shots of their sleeves you can see they're all wearing multiple layers of shirts and jumpers, it's just that all those shirts and sweaters were thin as they were ones for warm weather so visually it doesn't look bulky/might be hard to tell. But they were definitely wearing everything they had
Thanks for watching this movie and in its original language. It’s an amazing story. At the rescue Gustavo didn’t want to leave the bag because in that bag he put little belongings from the people that died, so he could later return them as a memory to their families. It Took him like a month to do it ❤
The film is a cinematic masterpiece, not only because of the aesthetics, art, photography, make-up or script, but because they managed to tell the story as real and truthful as possible, to the point that the survivors actively participated in it and say that when they see it they relive in their minds everything that happened. It is wonderful the way in which Bayona manages to show the harshness of what happened with an artistic touch and a strong emotional charge and for the first time not only highlighting the figure of the survivors as heroes but also those who died and did not make it out of the mountain, which is why Numa's voice as narrator is so important. Each of the actors met the real person they were playing and most of them managed to create a bond with them, moving from interpretation to reality and giving the importance it deserves to what each survivor felt, because as they have already said, each one remembers the mountain in a unique way. THANKS FOR REACTING! It's not getting a lot of attention from reactors :(
This movie is awesome and extremely sad. It's absolutely astonishing what humas are capable to do in order to survive, my grandfather told me that in WW 2 they ate their belts and boots, I often wondered if I would be capable of something similar.
They tried, at least eating the sits, but at that moment things had started to be too processed, with many chemicals for colors, etc. so it tasted horrible and it made them sick. The shoes, impossible to try, it was too cold they had to protect their feet.
What make me so emotional, when I see this film es what Zerbino says years later. He help every who was in the plane to go in calm to the other side and when the actor who plays Numa was in a practice he injured his leg, he says Zerbino says, I take care of Numa's leg in the mountain and I'll take care of him here too. I mentioned this, because when Javier Methol was dying he ask for Zerbino to be by his side, he wanted to leave this world by his side, like all the people who died in the plane and in fact that's what happen, it's just too beutiful in some kind of way
In the shot from the helicopter when they see the survivors, the director privilegedly showed a few seconds of the real footage of the helicopters of the real rescue in 1972, just for a few seconds only, What a masterpiece!
i've seen so many people reacting to the survivors eating shoelaces and cigarettes and being surprised, but they really did eat anything and everything they could before their last choice of cannibalism. the only thing that was truly inedible was the hair gel, which tasted utterly foul, and that is why they still had a lot of it by the time rescue came!
Para los uruguayos es una historia muy significativa, apreciamos muchísimo que demás personas estén tomando consciencia de ella. Gracias y saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾
(Edit as I remembered another fact) Amazing reaction, thank you for sharing it. A few facts: Nando made quite a recovery because even when his head swelled with the impact, his head was facing the cold metal of the plane also he was left kind of outside thinking he was dead. This served as a very cold ice pack to heal the swelling on his head and make him better. The idea Nando had to want to eat the bodies came out of anger that the pilots' negligence got them to be stuck in the mountain helpless. Let's not forget he lost his mum, sister and 2 best friends. Nando's anger it's what pushed him to want to get out of there no matter what. They were peeing black because of severe dehydration. Fito was the one who thought of making water, glasses to protect their eyes from the reflexion of the sun in the snow and also chose the bodies that would be eaten along with his cousins Daniel and Eduardo. Fito was called the inventor. Carlitos the young person who crashed into the suitcases with his car in the airport was a spoiled child who came from a wealthy family. He was very spoiled, he even had a nanny, after this trip his perspective of life absolutely changed. In the plane, he was in charge of making sure there were not drafts in the plain or reduce the possibility of drafts using the suitcases and plane seats, he was very good at it. He also was the one who made the sleeping bag that Nando and Roberto used to sleep in during their walk to Chile. They had so many cigarettes because in Chile cigarettes were scarce and Javier Methol, the man who lost his wife in the avalanche, worked in a Tabaco company so thought it was a good business to take a lot of cigarettes and sell them in Chile. Numa did not get injured like that in the real events, someone walked on his leg by accident because of the lack of space in the plane and because he was not eating his body did not have much strength to recover from the bruise. He was the last one who died and his death pushed Nando and Roberto to say fuck it lets do this, let's save ourselves because no one else is going to. The actual survivors loved this version more than the 1993 version, because it doesn't idolise the survivors as the heroes, instead recognises and considers those who died and their memory. Reporters keep digging in a very nasty way how they survived, what did they eat, etc. The survivors were very secretive and ashamed about saying they ate human beings and were scared to be judged, being Catholics, by their families and friends also going to jail. They had a press conference were they answered to reporters questions ONCE instead that addressing the situation 100000 times to every reporter who asked. They asked the reporters and people for respect of their choices considering the very harsh circumstances they had to face. Pancho Delgado (Numa's best friend in the movie was they one who spoke in this conference) The actual survivors made a Kameo in the movie Nando, Roberto, Coche Inciarte, Numa's real nephew and Carlitos were is different scenes. The house shown as Numa's house in the movie was actually his real house back in 1972. The reason why Zerbino would not leave without the suitcase it's because he hoped that tokens from the death people, like personal belongings such as jewelry, rosaries, ID's, letters written before dying were taking back to give to their families. That actually happened the real survivor refused to leave without the suitcase. In the movie isn't shown but the rescue was in 2 stages. They had to rescue one lot of people that day and the next lot the day after. Some survivors had to stay another night waiting for the other helicopters to arrive. Those left behind the first day were left with food and a team of rescuers. A survivor said the rescuers were scared of them after seeing all the human remaining all over the place also the smell and dirt was unbearable. * (added fact) There is a man who was part of the search team that were looking for the plane during the 71 days the survivors were stranded on the mountain. His name is Claudio Lucero and he had made quite strong arguments in the media about how he believes the 27 people left alive in the plane after the crash planned and plotted maliciously all the events that happened to them to gain fame. He states they could have left the mountain days before the day they got rescued, but chose to stay longer and go through hunger and lost to become famous and earn money.
You explained so much! I truly appreciate your comment and breakdown. I remember them saying something about going to jail. My thought was that the judicial system is nonexistent in times like this. You have to do what you must to survive. I don’t know if I could’ve stomach eating humans. Could you have done that?
@@deving9793 I have been very interested in the real story since I saw the 1993 movie. This is a fascinating story about resilience and not giving up no matter how bad things get. It always puts me into perspective when feeling like giving up about anything in my life, because it can always be so so so much worse like this people had it. Most of the people on the plane were just young boys scared of what will happen next if they ate humans. Also, catholic religion is in many ways not very forgiving of sins, so they were petrified of being in a bad place with god and their catholic families. To answer your question, giving the circumstances I think I would do it, feeling very sad and disgust about it, but I would do it. I would give in and eat, because I would probably be thinking about staying strong and going back to my love ones. I think that would be my drive.
@@deving9793 I have just remembered another interesting fact. There is a man who was part of the search team that were looking for the plane during the 71 days the survivors were stranded on the mountain. His name is Claudio Lucero and he had made quite strong arguments in the media about how he believes the 27 people left alive in the plane after the crash planned and plotted maliciously all the events that happened to them to gain fame. He states they could have left the mountain days before the day they got rescued, but chose to stay longer and go through hunger and lost to become famous and earn money.
I’m so happy everytime I see someone watching this masterpiece! Society of the Snow is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen! Great video ❤ Hugs from Brasil!!!
I'm so moved and affected by this movie. I've watched it five times in its entirety and i've watched countless reaction videos. I've listened to some podcasts talk about it. I am so stunned by what these men pulled off.
The reason that they had so many cigarettes was because Panchito Abal and Javier’s family owned a cigarette company. There was a cigarette shortage in Chile so they were taking many cartons of cigarettes to sell. I believe some of the team members also took extra cigarettes either to sell or to give away to their Chilean hosts. They still have to rations the cigarettes to 10 per day.
Vasco's father (the boy who died, having hallucinations screaming for his father), returned to the cordillera to take his son's remains even though repatriating a body was illegal. He had problems with the law, but managed to bury his son in Uruguay. Coco's mother expressed in an interview that she was relieved with herself that each of the survivors had a piece of her son (Coco's parents and his girlfriend traveled to Chile thinking he was alive because of a mistake with the list. His mother is still alive). Marcelo's mother did not have the courage to see her son's childhood friend (one of the survivors) again, because he survived but her son did not. Carlitos's father was adamant in the hope that his son would return alive (Marcelo played his own father in the film). Nando's father started dating a new woman in the time frame of the incident, they say he even got rid of Nando's things (thinking he was dead). Nando says that his father was what motivated me to come back.
@@deving9793They tried to light a fire a couple of times but it went out in a few minutes, not only because everything was wet, but at that altitude there is not enough oxygen. They did not want to set fire inside the fuselage because they did not know how far the fuel had spilled (as seen in Numa's hand at the beginning); their only shelter would be ruined.
The rugby team hired an Uruguayan airforce plane and they invited friends and family to help fill the plane. The couple seen saying goodbye to their children, Liliana and Javier Methol, were invited by Javier’s cousin, Francisco ‘Panchito’ Abal who is the young man you see dying during the first night on the mountain. the plane crashed Friday 13 October 1972. The plane crash because of pilot error. The copilot was flying and he miscalculated how far they had travelled and turned north to soon while they were still in the mountains.
@@deving9793 - not everyone knew each other but except the crew and one woman, Graziela Mariana, they all did have some connection. The rugby team was the Old Christians, made up of former students of the Stella Maris school. The majority of the young men had gone to Stella Maris though a few had gone to Sacred Heart but became classmates of some of the Stella Maris boys once they went to university/college. Most of the passengers lived in the Montevideo suburb of Carrasco which is where the school is located. Graziela Mariana was able to purchase a ticket to go to her daughter’s wedding. In one book it says she bought the last ticket when it couldn’t be sold, another book said she purchased the ticket when one of the young men slept in and missed the plane. There was also 5 crew members, two of went out when the tail broke off. The mechanic Carlos Roque was the only crew member who was alive after the first night.
This movie made me cry my eyes out, especially when I thought it was a real story even tougher than what we see in the movie. R. Canessa said it was a light version of what they actually went through but he remarked the implication of Bayona, the director, to give a honest and emotional version, focused on everyone, including the dead, in their feelings and fears because it was their effort and love for each other what made them survive and come back home.
@@deving9793 Yes. R. Canessa told in interviews that he and other survivors talked to the director several times before filming and they agreed it should be a version for general audiences because if Bayona sticked strictly to the truth, people would probably get out of theaters before the ending... If you read Pablo Vierci's book, Society of snow or the books written by survivors, you`ll find many details, many things that the movie can't include for a matter of time or because it's too stark.
@@deving9793I’ll tell you brotha I’ve read the books. One eg. When trapped in the plane after the avalanche Roberto had to break their friend Coco’s skull (because the bodies were buried in the snow they could only access the head) and they had to eat his brains and face to survive. General audience can’t handle that level of truth just yet my brotha. ❤excellent review
@@deving9793yes there is an audio book. Same name Society of the Snow. Pablo Vierci was a childhood friend to most survivors. And it took him a long time to gather all the information to write the book.
@@deving9793pretty much all survivors have written books. This movie is based on Pablo Vierci’s book Society of the Snow. You will find in You Tube a few conferences by Roberto and Nando, both in Spanish and in English (they both speak English). It is a very inspirational story.
Thank you so much for giving this movie a chance. As Uruguayan I´m glad more people get to know this story and appreciate the bravery and strengh of our people
You're one of my favorite reactors. When I saw this movie, I decided to start fasting. Cause I'm fat, I got weight to burn. Made it almost 4 days before I had to eat. I'm working out and intermittent fasting now. Was 311lb in January, I'm 277lb now. Now imagine not having ANY fat to burn and THEN fasting. Fasting is easy when you have fat, not so much if you're lean.
The thing he scrapped off the rock and tried to eat was most likely lichen which is one of the few things that would grow at the altitude they were at ie 3,570 metres (11,710 ft). The mountain was 4,600 m (15,100 ft) high.
@@deving9793I've been at those altitudes and I can assure you It's difficult to breathe. At that altitude and at that temperature there is no life, no animals no plants. Nothing.
They all had something in common, they all wanted to tell their parents they were alive. Roberto often mentions in interviews that his mom told him once (after coming from a funeral of one of Roberto’s friend who died drawn in a lake) that she would die if one of his kids ever died. He had that moment in his head and that was precisely what kept him alive. His mom in Uruguay was 100% confident that he was still alive, she knew and she would tell his girlfriend to stop worrying because she felt he was still alive. In Nando’s case, he wanted to go back to his father to tell him that he had not lost his family (his older sister was not on that plane). Carlitos Páez also talks very often how he would look up to the moon and talk to his mom through it, his mom in Uruguay would be doing the same thing. They were talking to each others through the moon. And you’ll hear similar stories like these told by other survivors. Roberto, Nando and Carlitos made a cameo in the movie. Nando is at the beginning of the movie, he opens the door at the airport to the actors that play him and his family. Roberto is dressed as a doctor (he is a pediatric cardiologist in real life) and is escorting the actor who plays him in the hospital. Carlitos Páez plays his own father, he is the one reading the names of the survivors twice.
@@deving9793 If I survive the plane crash and the avalanche, I would like to think I had a chance. Numa died 10 days before they were rescued. He did suffer an injury in his leg, but it was not how it was portrayed in the movie. Someone stood up on his calf after the avalanche, which caused a bruise that became an infection. Because he refused to eat for so long, and was not eating at all at the end, contributed to his weakness and the infection to spread faster. Carlitos Páez constantly says that the only thing he regrets, is that they waited too long (10 days) before they started to eat, he says he would start eating right away if he was in a similar situation again. Having that info on my side, I think I would do the same thing.
Greetings from Argentina. Hugs and kisses. In case you did not know, of the sixteen survivors, one does not participate in the film, but if I speak with its representative actor, so it is one of the least action in it. Two died, but one made a cameo just like the other fourteen. Those who did not participate or see the film, are Javier Methol, one of the survivors, who died in 2015 and the arriero Don Sergio Catalán in 2020, who is the one who sees them in the river. The other who died is José Luis Inciarte in 2023 and to which the film director showed him the film in private. Gustavo Zerbino is that of the suitcase with the objects of the deceased; and years later he was called (by their relatives) "The guardian of the 29"
Add to it 60 days of near starvation, massive PTSD, NO mountainering equipment, NO certainty of where you are and overall fear and exhaustion. Nando & Roberto... just INCREDIBLE men
Guy who opened the door for everyone at the airport is the real life Nando. Guy who read out the names at the end is the real life Carlitos. There’s some other cameos in the airport scene I believe but the survivors were very involved with this film.
@@deving9793 The real photos are incredible. Honestly, I doubt I’d make it past the first night. While luck comes into it, their sheer strength of will and desire to live is quite incredible. Highly recommend you listen to some of the talks the survivors have given. Their perspective on life after everything they went through is fascinating.
There's a small interview to Javier and Liliana's daughter were she explains that this film help her to put a face to her mom, to have a representation because she was so little that she can not remember her. You sould hear Carlito's interview.
Like you, I think I would likely have been one of the people who chose to fall asleep and not wake up. The apparent hopelessness of their situation was the size of the entire Andes mountain range. And having to consume their dead friends took incredible courage. Especially the first time. They broke one of the oldest human taboos. They had only one other choice, which was to give up. To us, they are heros. But for them, there would be so much shame and guilt to live with. Shame is a powerful discouragement.
Devin, I’ve been following you for quite some time now, and bro, you do an amazing job!! Simply an FYI, the original movie was called, “Alive”! It was very well done, but this re-make is even much better!! Thanks for your coverage!!
Just for the record, this was a true history. This was in Octuber 1972. They spend 72 days in the Andes. When they run out food, they didn't have another choice. None of them wanted that, they thought God was going to send them straight to hell. They deserve the most of the respects.
when i heard about this for the first time it was from MrBallen watching his videos at night, it’s so sad, i cried especially at the end when they were getting all dressed up for the cameras when they knew they were about to be saved, just the feeling knowing that. i couldn’t imagine what they went through, and what they had to do to survive. i thought numa was gonna make it cause i thought he was like one of the main people, but it was sad when he died, it was sad when all the ones that died. seeing the plane crashed was so sad and fucked. seeing the real pictures with them is sad. it’s crazy how this story has been around all this time, and they’re just not making a movie about it. i did watch some of it in the english audit and then changed it back.
My father is from Argentina, he remembers watching the news broadcast when they found them. My Dad was around the same age as these guys. This story has always struck a chord with us.
Before this movie came out. He was disappointed that in the movie "Alive" they didn't show how after they called off the search, there was a father who was adamant that his son was still alive. He had a "feeling" and kept begging the authorities to keep looking. They kinda portrayed this in the 1976 movie "Survive!" My father and I were also disappointed that "Alive" didn't even show or mention that rancher they saw on the other side of the river. My father mentioned that they were passing notes to each other across of the river for a couple of days because the rancher thought they were suspicious looking.
Good of you to review this , It was highly touted by those who view a lot of Netflix. But the rest of us didn't know about it. Nino Rodriguez pointed this out also. Anyways, I saw the original Alive and was awed, but this provides a fresh perspective.
This is not a remake of Alive. So Alive is not an original. Actually is the 2nd movie of the same subject. The first one was a mexican film of 1978. Alive was based on a book and this is based on another book. Actually the survivors didn't like Alive because they changed the names of people (except for the 2 who walked for 10 days), and because they added fictitious scenes to make it a more Hollywood appealing movie.
24:44 “what? How can it get any worse?!” I laughed out loud. Movie proceeds to show you all the different ways in which it can get worse 😂😢😭 fuckin’ wild story, sad.
Amazing film. Should have been nominated for waaay more Oscar... Definitely sound, cause the way they used it to make us feel like we were there... omg. Would I gave survived... it's a gamble, cause I could have died or been severely injured in the crash or avalanche... if I hadn't, still like maaaaaybe. Likr Nando. I would have at least died trying to get out... I'm stubborn as hell, and I would not want to die just waiting around.
En esas fechas en Uruguay es primavera, hace calor, los chicos iban con ropa muy ligera, en los Andes de noche la temperatura baja hasta 30 bajo cero, no existe ningún ser vivo ahí, además están a 4000 metros de altitud por lo tanto hay poco oxígeno, Roberto Canessa se convirtió en médico cardiólogo infantil, es una eminencia en el mundo, fue tres veces ganador del premio de Medicina del Uruguay, por su parte Fernando Parrado se convirtió en automovilista de carreras y piloto de fórmula1, también fue conductor de programas de televisión y fue elegido el mejor conferencista del mundo, Carlitos Paez es hijo del famoso artista plástico Carlos Páez Vilaró constructor de la Casa Pueblo una de las arquitecturas modernas más bellas del siglo XX, estos tres sobrevivientes reales participan de la película haciendo pequeños cameos, la película toma su nombre del libro " La Sociedad de la nieve " escrito por el Uruguayo Pablo Vierci amigo y compañero de colegio de los protagonistas y Co-productor de la película junto al Español Juan Antonio Bayona.
hey, loved the reaction! just wanted to say some things abbout the real event. They could light a fire, but it wouldn't last long because everything was really wet, and the wind was really strong. They tried cooking the meat a few times, but they realized that by doing so, the meat shrinks and they end up eating less. So they decided they would eat as much meat as they could. They had a lot of cigarettes because Chile was going through a bad time in the economy, which made everything scarce and expensive, so some crew members decided to take a lot of cigarettes to sell there They didn't eat everyone, there were some people who they all agreed wouldn't be eaten, like family members and some friends. Nando had a brain injury that was really bad, the other guys thought that he was gonna die soon so they put him in the part of the plane that was the coldest and that helped his injury, bc the cold helps the brain de-bloat. He not only survived that but also had the strength to walk all that distance to find help for his friends. He is truly a hero.
No camino solo sino junto a Roberto quien también participo de otras expediciones (Nando no) y cuido y curó a todos desde el primer minuto No hay heroes Sin los muertos ninguno hubiese sobrevivido
Devin I’ve been watching you for a while now, look at this production value. Making moves! Glad to see how successful you’ve been, you deserve it. Peace and love.
As uruguayan i love how this story is getting so much notice. We grew up with this example of survival and it made us so grateful for all the little things. It is so important to know this story to appreciate life and family so much. Thank you for watching
Pancho Delgado still cant forgive himself for convincing Numa to go, he hardly joins the other survivor to talk about the accident. He says it's still too painful
I hope you saw the real pictures showing up in the credits, didn't see your reaction to that, but hope you didn't miss those PD: It's not only based on a real story, it's more like: ABSOLUTELY ACCURATE to the real story
Cause eskimos are not high in the mountains. They are mostly at sea level, with lots of oxygen and humidity. These guys were stuck between colossal mountains of the Andes range, over 4000 m (13,000ft high), with low oxygen, freezing cold (almost always below zero) and low humidity. Water was not mineralized, it had no salts and food was unavailable. The thaw only made it worse, since food was rotting, water was scarce and the cold was still savage during MOST of the daytime... Still no humidty and low oxygen.
I would recommend you watch this one, I have never watched alive but some of the survivors have come out to say that they found it disrespectful, some of them even saying that it's like a disney movie and that it's not a true reflection of what happened to them, one of the things they were most upset about was that the movie changed the names of the deceased (I think they had to do that because they didn't get consent from the families to tell their stories) . The director of this movie worked with them, both survivors and the families of those who passed, so it think it's a different experience to see what happened knowing that they were involved, some of the survivors even make cameos on the film.
@fantasia13 I believe it, I don't think Alive was terrible, just the American Hollywood adaptation. This movie is on the list to watch. @deving9793 Yes, Alive was based off this same story, just the Hollywood version. I think you chose a better version, but I do still like the other one too.
I had to wait 31 years to find out how they were finally discovered. Because in the film ALIVE (1993) it is not as detailed as this. At that time I searched for all the literature about this story.
Devins vack with a banger! Long time sub here, keep on keeping on man, been loving the new content as well man. Check out a movie called Gangs of New York if you can, its a bamger and a newer classic
About Nando, supposedly when he got back his dad already had another partner and he had given Nando’s room to his nephew. That’s something that was trending in Latin america which I don’t know how true it was Edit: turns out is real. Nando mentions it in his book
I really despises Nando's father: 71 days, less than 3 months, and you can't respect your wife and children? And you find a girlfriend so, so quickly? It's smells a cheater to me or even worse, bc he also didn't take care properly of his son later, I read he didn't invite him to shared the Christmas with his new family.
@@CBOANDALUCIA Nando didn’t want to spend Christmas with his dad and went to Roberto’s house and stayed outside until midnight to not interrupt and then he went in
Some facts about the movie: Three of the survivors made cameos in the movie: - Fernando "Nando" Parrado: opens the airport door to his character at the beginning of the movie. - Roberto Canessa: Plays a doctor when they are received at the hospital because he is a doctor in the real life. - Carlos Paez Rodríguez: Represents his own father (Carlos Paez Vilaró) when he reads the list of survivors reading the name of his own son (“Carlitos Miguel Paez, my son”). - The house where Numa arrives is the real Numa's house and the walker is a Numa's nephew. - The suitcase that Gustavo Zerbino didn't want to leave in the Andes was full of belongings of the deceased that he took to their respective families. - The actors underwent a diet under strict medical supervision so that their bodies would more realistically reflect the effects of what the survivors went through. - The survivors and the families of those who passed away say that this movie is much more faithful to the real events, unlike the film 'Alive!' which was more of a spectacle than a tribute. In addition to changing the names of the characters, they altered almost the entire story. - All the survivors (except for 2 who died in 2015 and 2023) are still alive. You can search for their accounts on Instagram. - The location of the accident (Valle de las Lágrimas [Valley of Tears]) can still be visited today, starting from Argentina (as it is a substantially shorter journey): it takes several days on horseback and hiking through the mountains. It requires several days of planning and good physical condition. - They were there for 72 days. On the first day of rescue, they took some of them and a group of rescuers stayed who set up a tent a little away because of the smell. The next day they rescued the others. Hugs from Argentina. 🤗
Some of the survivors made cameos in the movie. The Md that received Canessa is the real Canessa. The father of Carlitos, the man that read the list is the real Carlitos. And the real Nando is the man that opened the airport door to Nando and his family. 🖐from Argentina and sorry for my english
13:14 well... the sad part about this, is that Nando's father continued with his life not even 2 months after the accident. He started a new relationship and even sold Nando's belongings
Yes, it was disgusting. I really think he was cheating of his wife bc it's not normal that in less than 71 days you stop to mourn ALL YOUR FAMILY, find a girlfriend and sold all your children's properties. And later, he didn't take care of his son, and that's the worse part. Not even share Christmas with him when you are (supousely) a Catholic practicant, it's a very clear proof. Poor Nando, great he find his way in life and built a good family.
10:08 bundle up with what? They didn't have proper clothing for those nighttime temps because they didn't expect to be dropped in the middle of the Andes. They had very little food, only snacks! I have the book from the mid seventies with the photos they took, and these recreated photo scenes are very close to the real ones!
I wonder if you watched the whole movie or if you just watched some bits and pieces, at least that's what it seems because there are a few comments you make that make no sense with the story line, of course it could also be because you're focused about the recording and so. I commend you for watching most with the native language.
i am uruguayan and is quite a crazy story specially that they needed to eat human bodies since in uruguay at all times we are 3 millions of human uruguayans and 12 millions of cows. kinda of a destiny twist to end up on a mountain and eat human flesh while in our country there is 4 cows for each human. i dont eat red meat (cow) so there is even more. they where called heroes but people here always took badly they eat the bodies. i understand without that there would be NO survivors. yet still you loose a part of your humanity for good when you go for the human flesh as your food. not to mention when they where buried and needed to eat it from the corpses literally.
El combustible del avión se desparramó durante el accidente. Por eso Numa estaba marchado de azul, y por eso la primera noche no se atrevieron a usar los encendedores. Si el combustible hubiese prendido habrían muerto todos. No se comieron a ninguna mujer, ni a hombres que fueran parientes de los que quedaban vivos. Lo hubieran hecho de no haber tenido otro recurso, pero los dejaron para el final.
It wasn't the first movie about this story. There are still 2 more movies and some documentaries. I also like Alive (1993), with John Malkovich and Ethan Hawke. I find "Alive" more exciting, but Society Of The Snow (2023) is more realistic and detailed.
This movie deserved more Oscar nominations, the acting, cinematography, sound effect, make up, direction , etc.
Regardless of any award, this is a masterpiece and I'm happy that more people get to know the story of the survivors and the people who died in the accident how important they were for the rest to survive. It's really inspirational and it is in my top list of movies of all time.
Makeup is nominated along with Best Foreign Film.
I couldn’t agree more!! Especially the note saying the greatest love is one’s sacrifice for the people you have. I hope I said that right
So true. This film is a masterpiece, and the Academy hasn't wanted to recognize it. Best directing and best film, those nominations were so obvious...and the sound, the cinematography should've been nominated too.
I don't know the reason, but Jota Bayona is frequenly undervalued by the Oscars. It happened with "The impossible", it happened again with "Jurasic World: Fallen kingdom", the best movie of the franchise since the first one, that film deserved several nominations just like other great sci-fi movies had at the time. And now with "La sociedad de la nieve ". His best work, and we talking about a genius of his craft.
@@deving9793that phrase is a Bible passage. They were all Catholics (hence the Rosary), but Numa was a devoted one.
as much as a i agree, the Oscars are not the center of the world. this movie won 12 Goya awards !
I congratulate you for watching the movie in its native language and with English subtitles. The experience is totally different from having the audio with translation.
I absolutely agree
I agree; however, I don't want to belittle or discount the experience of anybody watching it dubbed. People have countless reasons why they choose not to watch it with subtitles. I have watched it five times in its entirety. The first version I found was dubbed so that's what I watched. Normally I would prefer subtitles but they did a really good job with the dubbing. I believe they handled the doubbing with the same care, reverence, and respect they used throughout every other part of the movie.
@@DianaWoods-n7rno. The only viable reason you should watch dub is of you same some sort of medical problem where you can't read properly.
Hay una youtuber que lo vio en inglés pero, cuando subió su video de react, cambió la película a la versión en español. Así quería que creyeran que ella había visto la película en español.
@@laurafernandez2848 triste..
What's the name of the youtuber?
Si algún día tengo hijos, les voy a enseñar a no aspirar a ser un héroe irreal como Superman, sino a aspirar a ser valiente, resiliente y fuerte como Nando Parrado.
Excelente 👍
😅😅que tal alguien más coherente más humilde solidario como Roberto o como Numa en lugar de un ser egocéntrico como Nando
@@pazforever Quién dice que la "humildad" te hace más? A mí me interesa la entereza y valentía en las adversidades, lo que haya hecho después me tiene sin cuidado, ya es una apreciación subjetiva (de hecho, tan subjetiva que tu opinión me parece injusta porque, a sabiendas de que es la persona más importante de todas, siempre habló de todo el grupo y minimizó el haber salvado a todos, diciendo que todos tenían su rol, y coso. Cosa que es cierta, obviamente. En el apartado de humanidad, templanza y voluntad me quedo con Gustavo Zerbino, que siempre fue mi favorito. Ahora, ¿en una situación así? ¿De vida y muerte? No encuentro mayor ejemplo de levantarse y HACER, que Nando Parrado). Saludos.
y por fito strauch y daniel fernandez y eduardo por lo q tuvieron q hacer para sobrevivir!!💪🏻💪🏻😔
Las mujeres no las tocaron, cuando murio liliana , javier estaba tan mal , que los chicos pensaba que se iba a volver loco, ellos la cambiaron de lugar y el penso que la habian comido , nunca pregunto , 30 años despues o un poco mas cuando se reunieron para el aniversario (todos los años se juntan) salio el tema y uno le dijo que no la habian tocado sólo la cambiaron de lugar con la hermana y madre de Nando, empezaron a reír y terminaron llorando Javier murio en el 2015 fue el primer sobreviviente en morir.
Sin bien no se ve en la película, Liliana fue muy activa en la montaña, era madre, enfermera hasta psicóloga, todos las consideraban como su madre en la montaña
Nando lost his sister, his mom, his friends, broke his skull while left at the cold part of the plane becouse they thought he was dead... Yet he recovered and had the will and determination to do the walk for 10 days... I just CAN'T imagine myself in his position and having that mentality
Honestly me either. I have a lot of will power buts that’s another level
Nando Parrado is other wordly ❤
...and he guided the helicopters to the crash site, even when they wanted to turn back. Without him and Roberto, they all would have died.
Nando Parado had a cameo in this movie. At 4 mins and 9 seconds into this video that is Nando Parado holding the door open at the airport.
hey! an uruguayan here, i really liked your reaction. also i wanted to tell you that the real survivors were in the movie. the man who opens the door for nando parrado and his family, its the real nando parrado. roberto canessa is the one holding the one who plays him when they enter the hospital. and carlitos paez is representing his own father when reading the names of the survivors! also, yes, the luggage that zerbino didn't want to leave behind, had things of all the deads in there, he said that he was coming back home with his 29 friends.
Thank you so much for watching and I’ll have to go back and look. I didn’t know the actual survivors were in the movie
thank you! there are a lot of details that you can't see or understand the first time you watch it. for example, nando parrado was in a coma for 3 days bc his head was crashed into a thousand pieces, they helped him without knowing resting his head in ice, so thats how he survived. but if you look more into the story you are going to find a lot more than this! every survivor has his own book about the tragedy, because they all remember it different based on their perception and what they felt. and also thanks for watching it in spanish@@deving9793
buenas compatriota saludos !!
In reality, they weren't having that moment during the avalanche. They were asleep!!!! Just makes it 1000 times more terrifying.
😳😳 I couldn’t imagine waking up under an avalanche. How do you even comprehend that
As in the movie Alive. Much more accurate.
@@patgervasio7044 Wouldn’t go that far. The survivors themselves have come out to say they do not like that movie and society of the snow portrayed what they went through with more accuracy.
@@ashley-or7zp which doesn’t make sense. I read the book. Alive seems to follow the book more closely than SothS. But whatever. I still enjoyed Alive more than this movie. Personal preference I guess.
And 4 days in complete darkness
So the reason as to why they never lit fire was because it was impossible. They said that at some point they tried to cook the meat but the fire wouldn't last because of the cold and the strong wind
Now that I think about it. The wind was very strong. There literally nothing you could do
also, everything was wet constantly
@@deving9793al estar a 4000 metros de altura hay poco oxígeno para que el fuego sea fuerte y dure más tiempo.
They didn't bring any warm clothes. They weren't planning on hanging out in the snow.
I know, I would doubled up on the cloths they had
they did with what they had, but as you could see most of their clothes were on the tail of the plane, so until the point when they found it, they had not a lot to put on@@deving9793
@@deving9793 they did, you'll see in many shots of their sleeves you can see they're all wearing multiple layers of shirts and jumpers, it's just that all those shirts and sweaters were thin as they were ones for warm weather so visually it doesn't look bulky/might be hard to tell. But they were definitely wearing everything they had
Thanks for watching this movie and in its original language. It’s an amazing story.
At the rescue Gustavo didn’t want to leave the bag because in that bag he put little belongings from the people that died, so he could later return them as a memory to their families. It Took him like a month to do it ❤
I assume that’s why he didn’t want to leave it. The fact he threatened to not board to aircraft shows the significance
The film is a cinematic masterpiece, not only because of the aesthetics, art, photography, make-up or script, but because they managed to tell the story as real and truthful as possible, to the point that the survivors actively participated in it and say that when they see it they relive in their minds everything that happened. It is wonderful the way in which Bayona manages to show the harshness of what happened with an artistic touch and a strong emotional charge and for the first time not only highlighting the figure of the survivors as heroes but also those who died and did not make it out of the mountain, which is why Numa's voice as narrator is so important. Each of the actors met the real person they were playing and most of them managed to create a bond with them, moving from interpretation to reality and giving the importance it deserves to what each survivor felt, because as they have already said, each one remembers the mountain in a unique way. THANKS FOR REACTING! It's not getting a lot of attention from reactors :(
It will!! I promise you that. I 100% agree with you. This movie is a masterpiece!! Question for you? Do you think you could have made it back?
This movie is awesome and extremely sad. It's absolutely astonishing what humas are capable to do in order to survive, my grandfather told me that in WW 2 they ate their belts and boots, I often wondered if I would be capable of something similar.
Whattt!? I wouldn’t think your stomach could process that. Thats another level of survival instinct. Just thinking about that I know if I could do it
It was just an attempt
They tried, at least eating the sits, but at that moment things had started to be too processed, with many chemicals for colors, etc. so it tasted horrible and it made them sick. The shoes, impossible to try, it was too cold they had to protect their feet.
What make me so emotional, when I see this film es what Zerbino says years later. He help every who was in the plane to go in calm to the other side and when the actor who plays Numa was in a practice he injured his leg, he says Zerbino says, I take care of Numa's leg in the mountain and I'll take care of him here too.
I mentioned this, because when Javier Methol was dying he ask for Zerbino to be by his side, he wanted to leave this world by his side, like all the people who died in the plane and in fact that's what happen, it's just too beutiful in some kind of way
I with you! to be in such a horrible situation but still have the same compassion and love for the person is remarkable
In the shot from the helicopter when they see the survivors, the director privilegedly showed a few seconds of the real footage of the helicopters of the real rescue in 1972, just for a few seconds only, What a masterpiece!
i've seen so many people reacting to the survivors eating shoelaces and cigarettes and being surprised, but they really did eat anything and everything they could before their last choice of cannibalism. the only thing that was truly inedible was the hair gel, which tasted utterly foul, and that is why they still had a lot of it by the time rescue came!
Hair gel😳😳😳😳😳
Para los uruguayos es una historia muy significativa, apreciamos muchísimo que demás personas estén tomando consciencia de ella. Gracias y saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾
Thank you for inspiring us
(Edit as I remembered another fact)
Amazing reaction, thank you for sharing it.
A few facts:
Nando made quite a recovery because even when his head swelled with the impact, his head was facing the cold metal of the plane also he was left kind of outside thinking he was dead. This served as a very cold ice pack to heal the swelling on his head and make him better. The idea Nando had to want to eat the bodies came out of anger that the pilots' negligence got them to be stuck in the mountain helpless. Let's not forget he lost his mum, sister and 2 best friends. Nando's anger it's what pushed him to want to get out of there no matter what.
They were peeing black because of severe dehydration.
Fito was the one who thought of making water, glasses to protect their eyes from the reflexion of the sun in the snow and also chose the bodies that would be eaten along with his cousins Daniel and Eduardo. Fito was called the inventor.
Carlitos the young person who crashed into the suitcases with his car in the airport was a spoiled child who came from a wealthy family. He was very spoiled, he even had a nanny, after this trip his perspective of life absolutely changed. In the plane, he was in charge of making sure there were not drafts in the plain or reduce the possibility of drafts using the suitcases and plane seats, he was very good at it. He also was the one who made the sleeping bag that Nando and Roberto used to sleep in during their walk to Chile.
They had so many cigarettes because in Chile cigarettes were scarce and Javier Methol, the man who lost his wife in the avalanche, worked in a Tabaco company so thought it was a good business to take a lot of cigarettes and sell them in Chile.
Numa did not get injured like that in the real events, someone walked on his leg by accident because of the lack of space in the plane and because he was not eating his body did not have much strength to recover from the bruise. He was the last one who died and his death pushed Nando and Roberto to say fuck it lets do this, let's save ourselves because no one else is going to.
The actual survivors loved this version more than the 1993 version, because it doesn't idolise the survivors as the heroes, instead recognises and considers those who died and their memory.
Reporters keep digging in a very nasty way how they survived, what did they eat, etc. The survivors were very secretive and ashamed about saying they ate human beings and were scared to be judged, being Catholics, by their families and friends also going to jail. They had a press conference were they answered to reporters questions ONCE instead that addressing the situation 100000 times to every reporter who asked. They asked the reporters and people for respect of their choices considering the very harsh circumstances they had to face. Pancho Delgado (Numa's best friend in the movie was they one who spoke in this conference)
The actual survivors made a Kameo in the movie Nando, Roberto, Coche Inciarte, Numa's real nephew and Carlitos were is different scenes. The house shown as Numa's house in the movie was actually his real house back in 1972.
The reason why Zerbino would not leave without the suitcase it's because he hoped that tokens from the death people, like personal belongings such as jewelry, rosaries, ID's, letters written before dying were taking back to give to their families. That actually happened the real survivor refused to leave without the suitcase.
In the movie isn't shown but the rescue was in 2 stages. They had to rescue one lot of people that day and the next lot the day after. Some survivors had to stay another night waiting for the other helicopters to arrive. Those left behind the first day were left with food and a team of rescuers. A survivor said the rescuers were scared of them after seeing all the human remaining all over the place also the smell and dirt was unbearable.
* (added fact)
There is a man who was part of the search team that were looking for the plane during the 71 days the survivors were stranded on the mountain. His name is Claudio Lucero and he had made quite strong arguments in the media about how he believes the 27 people left alive in the plane after the crash planned and plotted maliciously all the events that happened to them to gain fame. He states they could have left the mountain days before the day they got rescued, but chose to stay longer and go through hunger and lost to become famous and earn money.
You explained so much! I truly appreciate your comment and breakdown. I remember them saying something about going to jail. My thought was that the judicial system is nonexistent in times like this. You have to do what you must to survive. I don’t know if I could’ve stomach eating humans. Could you have done that?
@@deving9793 I have been very interested in the real story since I saw the 1993 movie. This is a fascinating story about resilience and not giving up no matter how bad things get. It always puts me into perspective when feeling like giving up about anything in my life, because it can always be so so so much worse like this people had it.
Most of the people on the plane were just young boys scared of what will happen next if they ate humans. Also, catholic religion is in many ways not very forgiving of sins, so they were petrified of being in a bad place with god and their catholic families.
To answer your question, giving the circumstances I think I would do it, feeling very sad and disgust about it, but I would do it. I would give in and eat, because I would probably be thinking about staying strong and going back to my love ones. I think that would be my drive.
@@deving9793 I have just remembered another interesting fact. There is a man who was part of the search team that were looking for the plane during the 71 days the survivors were stranded on the mountain. His name is Claudio Lucero and he had made quite strong arguments in the media about how he believes the 27 people left alive in the plane after the crash planned and plotted maliciously all the events that happened to them to gain fame. He states they could have left the mountain days before the day they got rescued, but chose to stay longer and go through hunger and lost to become famous and earn money.
I’m so happy everytime I see someone watching this masterpiece! Society of the Snow is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen!
Great video ❤
Hugs from Brasil!!!
I'm so moved and affected by this movie. I've watched it five times in its entirety and i've watched countless reaction videos. I've listened to some podcasts talk about it. I am so stunned by what these men pulled off.
This definitely is in my top 10 now. Hard to watch but so inspiring
The reason that they had so many cigarettes was because Panchito Abal and Javier’s family owned a cigarette company. There was a cigarette shortage in Chile so they were taking many cartons of cigarettes to sell. I believe some of the team members also took extra cigarettes either to sell or to give away to their Chilean hosts. They still have to rations the cigarettes to 10 per day.
Ohh ok that makes sense. Question for you? Can you actually eat cigarettes without harming you?
@@deving9793a little late but not, you can't. But in that situation is better than nothing
I loved your reaction! Thank you for watching it in Spanish! Bayona waited 10 years to make this movie in its original language
Thank you for watching my reaction
Vasco's father (the boy who died, having hallucinations screaming for his father), returned to the cordillera to take his son's remains even though repatriating a body was illegal. He had problems with the law, but managed to bury his son in Uruguay. Coco's mother expressed in an interview that she was relieved with herself that each of the survivors had a piece of her son (Coco's parents and his girlfriend traveled to Chile thinking he was alive because of a mistake with the list. His mother is still alive). Marcelo's mother did not have the courage to see her son's childhood friend (one of the survivors) again, because he survived but her son did not. Carlitos's father was adamant in the hope that his son would return alive (Marcelo played his own father in the film). Nando's father started dating a new woman in the time frame of the incident, they say he even got rid of Nando's things (thinking he was dead). Nando says that his father was what motivated me to come back.
El que interpreta a su padre es carlitos.
That so hurt breaking thinking your child survived a tragedy like this and come to learn they didn’t. Hope can be and a bad thing it seems
They tried burning the clothes but it wouldn't last long because they weren't dry enough.
Plus it was too cold and windy
Ohh that does make sense. Everything was wet! What about the ones in the suit case or the jet fuel?
@@deving9793they said it was a waste of clothes, the fire would ruin them and the fire wouldn’t last long bc of the strong wind
@@deving9793They tried to light a fire a couple of times but it went out in a few minutes, not only because everything was wet, but at that altitude there is not enough oxygen. They did not want to set fire inside the fuselage because they did not know how far the fuel had spilled (as seen in Numa's hand at the beginning); their only shelter would be ruined.
Plus the amount of oxygen at that height is very low, making it even harder to light any kind of fire@@triviajjunie9896
The rugby team hired an Uruguayan airforce plane and they invited friends and family to help fill the plane. The couple seen saying goodbye to their children, Liliana and Javier Methol, were invited by Javier’s cousin, Francisco ‘Panchito’ Abal who is the young man you see dying during the first night on the mountain.
the plane crashed Friday 13 October 1972. The plane crash because of pilot error. The copilot was flying and he miscalculated how far they had travelled and turned north to soon while they were still in the mountains.
Oh so they knew each other. They were all in someway connected
@@deving9793 - not everyone knew each other but except the crew and one woman, Graziela Mariana, they all did have some connection. The rugby team was the Old Christians, made up of former students of the Stella Maris school. The majority of the young men had gone to Stella Maris though a few had gone to Sacred Heart but became classmates of some of the Stella Maris boys once they went to university/college. Most of the passengers lived in the Montevideo suburb of Carrasco which is where the school is located. Graziela Mariana was able to purchase a ticket to go to her daughter’s wedding. In one book it says she bought the last ticket when it couldn’t be sold, another book said she purchased the ticket when one of the young men slept in and missed the plane. There was also 5 crew members, two of went out when the tail broke off. The mechanic Carlos Roque was the only crew member who was alive after the first night.
This movie made me cry my eyes out, especially when I thought it was a real story even tougher than what we see in the movie. R. Canessa said it was a light version of what they actually went through but he remarked the implication of Bayona, the director, to give a honest and emotional version, focused on everyone, including the dead, in their feelings and fears because it was their effort and love for each other what made them survive and come back home.
This was a lighter version of the actual story??
@@deving9793 Yes. R. Canessa told in interviews that he and other survivors talked to the director several times before filming and they agreed it should be a version for general audiences because if Bayona sticked strictly to the truth, people would probably get out of theaters before the ending... If you read Pablo Vierci's book, Society of snow or the books written by survivors, you`ll find many details, many things that the movie can't include for a matter of time or because it's too stark.
@@deving9793I’ll tell you brotha I’ve read the books. One eg. When trapped in the plane after the avalanche Roberto had to break their friend Coco’s skull (because the bodies were buried in the snow they could only access the head) and they had to eat his brains and face to survive. General audience can’t handle that level of truth just yet my brotha. ❤excellent review
That leg Roberto set still works to this day! I highly recommend reading or listening to the book.
There’s an audio book to this?
@@deving9793yes there is an audio book. Same name Society of the Snow. Pablo Vierci was a childhood friend to most survivors. And it took him a long time to gather all the information to write the book.
@@deving9793pretty much all survivors have written books. This movie is based on Pablo Vierci’s book Society of the Snow.
You will find in You Tube a few conferences by Roberto and Nando, both in Spanish and in English (they both speak English). It is a very inspirational story.
A Álvaro Mangino
Thank you so much for giving this movie a chance. As Uruguayan I´m glad more people get to know this story and appreciate the bravery and strengh of our people
You're one of my favorite reactors. When I saw this movie, I decided to start fasting. Cause I'm fat, I got weight to burn. Made it almost 4 days before I had to eat. I'm working out and intermittent fasting now. Was 311lb in January, I'm 277lb now. Now imagine not having ANY fat to burn and THEN fasting. Fasting is easy when you have fat, not so much if you're lean.
The thing he scrapped off the rock and tried to eat was most likely lichen which is one of the few things that would grow at the altitude they were at ie 3,570 metres (11,710 ft). The mountain was 4,600 m (15,100 ft) high.
Damnn!!😳😳 I would’ve thought breathing would be hard at that altitude
@@deving9793I've been at those altitudes and I can assure you It's difficult to breathe.
At that altitude and at that temperature there is no life, no animals no plants. Nothing.
This is currently my favourite movie, thank you so much for reacting to it
Thank you so much for watching
They all had something in common, they all wanted to tell their parents they were alive. Roberto often mentions in interviews that his mom told him once (after coming from a funeral of one of Roberto’s friend who died drawn in a lake) that she would die if one of his kids ever died. He had that moment in his head and that was precisely what kept him alive. His mom in Uruguay was 100% confident that he was still alive, she knew and she would tell his girlfriend to stop worrying because she felt he was still alive. In Nando’s case, he wanted to go back to his father to tell him that he had not lost his family (his older sister was not on that plane). Carlitos Páez also talks very often how he would look up to the moon and talk to his mom through it, his mom in Uruguay would be doing the same thing. They were talking to each others through the moon.
And you’ll hear similar stories like these told by other survivors.
Roberto, Nando and Carlitos made a cameo in the movie.
Nando is at the beginning of the movie, he opens the door at the airport to the actors that play him and his family.
Roberto is dressed as a doctor (he is a pediatric cardiologist in real life) and is escorting the actor who plays him in the hospital.
Carlitos Páez plays his own father, he is the one reading the names of the survivors twice.
Ohh ok. I was wondering who actually survivors were in the film. Question for you? Do you think you would have survived?
@@deving9793 If I survive the plane crash and the avalanche, I would like to think I had a chance. Numa died 10 days before they were rescued. He did suffer an injury in his leg, but it was not how it was portrayed in the movie. Someone stood up on his calf after the avalanche, which caused a bruise that became an infection. Because he refused to eat for so long, and was not eating at all at the end, contributed to his weakness and the infection to spread faster. Carlitos Páez constantly says that the only thing he regrets, is that they waited too long (10 days) before they started to eat, he says he would start eating right away if he was in a similar situation again. Having that info on my side, I think I would do the same thing.
Greetings from Argentina. Hugs and kisses.
In case you did not know, of the sixteen survivors, one does not participate in the film, but if I speak with its representative actor, so it is one of the least action in it. Two died, but one made a cameo just like the other fourteen. Those who did not participate or see the film, are Javier Methol, one of the survivors, who died in 2015 and the arriero Don Sergio Catalán in 2020, who is the one who sees them in the river. The other who died is José Luis Inciarte in 2023 and to which the film director showed him the film in private.
Gustavo Zerbino is that of the suitcase with the objects of the deceased; and years later he was called (by their relatives) "The guardian of the 29"
Esa entrada de los helicópteros le saca lagrimas a cualquiera
The Andes is the longest mountain range in the world. And also has some of the highest peaks. Not easy to get over.
Add to it 60 days of near starvation, massive PTSD, NO mountainering equipment, NO certainty of where you are and overall fear and exhaustion. Nando & Roberto... just INCREDIBLE men
there's no way i'd survive. these ppl are unbelievable.
Guy who opened the door for everyone at the airport is the real life Nando.
Guy who read out the names at the end is the real life Carlitos. There’s some other cameos in the airport scene I believe but the survivors were very involved with this film.
I need to go back and look at the actual pictures of the survivors. Question for you? Could have you come back from this?
@@deving9793 The real photos are incredible.
Honestly, I doubt I’d make it past the first night. While luck comes into it, their sheer strength of will and desire to live is quite incredible. Highly recommend you listen to some of the talks the survivors have given. Their perspective on life after everything they went through is fascinating.
There's a small interview to Javier and Liliana's daughter were she explains that this film help her to put a face to her mom, to have a representation because she was so little that she can not remember her.
You sould hear Carlito's interview.
Like you, I think I would likely have been one of the people who chose to fall asleep and not wake up. The apparent hopelessness of their situation was the size of the entire Andes mountain range. And having to consume their dead friends took incredible courage. Especially the first time.
They broke one of the oldest human taboos. They had only one other choice, which was to give up. To us, they are heros. But for them, there would be so much shame and guilt to live with. Shame is a powerful discouragement.
They are certain things I couldn’t fathom doing and eating humans is one
Devin, I’ve been following you for quite some time now, and bro, you do an amazing job!! Simply an FYI, the original movie was called, “Alive”! It was very well done, but this re-make is even much better!! Thanks for your coverage!!
48:44 I don't think anyone realizes how incredible it is that this moment is 100% real. imagine what it's like to lose a friend and have that memory
Just for the record, this was a true history. This was in Octuber 1972. They spend 72 days in the Andes. When they run out food, they didn't have another choice. None of them wanted that, they thought God was going to send them straight to hell. They deserve the most of the respects.
They had to do what was necessary to survive. I believe any one would have. Do you think you would have survived?
when i heard about this for the first time it was from MrBallen watching his videos at night, it’s so sad, i cried especially at the end when they were getting all dressed up for the cameras when they knew they were about to be saved, just the feeling knowing that. i couldn’t imagine what they went through, and what they had to do to survive. i thought numa was gonna make it cause i thought he was like one of the main people, but it was sad when he died, it was sad when all the ones that died. seeing the plane crashed was so sad and fucked. seeing the real pictures with them is sad. it’s crazy how this story has been around all this time, and they’re just not making a movie about it. i did watch some of it in the english audit and then changed it back.
At the beginning of the movie they told the year it happened ;)
Other thing, Canessa fix Alvaro's leg only with the sound of the bones and according to the doctors later, it couldn't be better
My father is from Argentina, he remembers watching the news broadcast when they found them. My Dad was around the same age as these guys. This story has always struck a chord with us.
Did he ever tell you all about it?
Before this movie came out. He was disappointed that in the movie "Alive" they didn't show how after they called off the search, there was a father who was adamant that his son was still alive. He had a "feeling" and kept begging the authorities to keep looking. They kinda portrayed this in the 1976 movie "Survive!" My father and I were also disappointed that "Alive" didn't even show or mention that rancher they saw on the other side of the river. My father mentioned that they were passing notes to each other across of the river for a couple of days because the rancher thought they were suspicious looking.
Devin, the man on the radio reading out the names of the survivors is one of the actual survivors. Playing the role of his father. ❤
Woww! I wonder what he was thinking throughout the making of the film because that was traumatic experience
Good of you to review this , It was highly touted by those who view a lot of Netflix. But the rest of us didn't know about it. Nino Rodriguez pointed this out also. Anyways, I saw the original Alive and was awed, but this provides a fresh perspective.
This is not a remake of Alive. So Alive is not an original. Actually is the 2nd movie of the same subject. The first one was a mexican film of 1978. Alive was based on a book and this is based on another book. Actually the survivors didn't like Alive because they changed the names of people (except for the 2 who walked for 10 days), and because they added fictitious scenes to make it a more Hollywood appealing movie.
Is the movie Alive worth watching?
@@deving9793 It's in English. It's worth watching. It's just that most who have seen both say this is better. I reserve my opinion on that
24:44 “what? How can it get any worse?!” I laughed out loud. Movie proceeds to show you all the different ways in which it can get worse 😂😢😭 fuckin’ wild story, sad.
40:51 That’s not what he’s saying. He’s saying even those who couldn’t/won’t make it aren’t useless.
Amazing film. Should have been nominated for waaay more Oscar... Definitely sound, cause the way they used it to make us feel like we were there... omg.
Would I gave survived... it's a gamble, cause I could have died or been severely injured in the crash or avalanche... if I hadn't, still like maaaaaybe. Likr Nando. I would have at least died trying to get out... I'm stubborn as hell, and I would not want to die just waiting around.
I’ve asked myself the same question. I don’t know if I could have made it home. Especially the cannibalism part
You understand Spanish. Pleasant surprise ❤
A little bit
I was HOPING you'd put outthis vid!!! Here we go!!
I had too!!
What a story…what a movie! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
56:44 Gustavo didn’t want to leave it because there were the memories of the people who died and he wanted bring them to their families
Amazing movie and real story! Breaks my 💔 and at the same time gives me hope. Great reaction 👏🏻
This was a heart breaking and inspiring story. Do you think you could have survived?
@@deving9793 I trust a lot in myself so I want to believe I would try my hardest to survive and come back home❤
En esas fechas en Uruguay es primavera, hace calor, los chicos iban con ropa muy ligera, en los Andes de noche la temperatura baja hasta 30 bajo cero, no existe ningún ser vivo ahí, además están a 4000 metros de altitud por lo tanto hay poco oxígeno, Roberto Canessa se convirtió en médico cardiólogo infantil, es una eminencia en el mundo, fue tres veces ganador del premio de Medicina del Uruguay, por su parte Fernando Parrado se convirtió en automovilista de carreras y piloto de fórmula1, también fue conductor de programas de televisión y fue elegido el mejor conferencista del mundo, Carlitos Paez es hijo del famoso artista plástico Carlos Páez Vilaró constructor de la Casa Pueblo una de las arquitecturas modernas más bellas del siglo XX, estos tres sobrevivientes reales participan de la película haciendo pequeños cameos, la película toma su nombre del libro " La Sociedad de la nieve " escrito por el Uruguayo Pablo Vierci amigo y compañero de colegio de los protagonistas y Co-productor de la película junto al Español Juan Antonio Bayona.
The good is, a lot of them had skills and were extremely smart so that definitely went along way.
hey, loved the reaction! just wanted to say some things abbout the real event. They could light a fire, but it wouldn't last long because everything was really wet, and the wind was really strong.
They tried cooking the meat a few times, but they realized that by doing so, the meat shrinks and they end up eating less. So they decided they would eat as much meat as they could.
They had a lot of cigarettes because Chile was going through a bad time in the economy, which made everything scarce and expensive, so some crew members decided to take a lot of cigarettes to sell there
They didn't eat everyone, there were some people who they all agreed wouldn't be eaten, like family members and some friends.
Nando had a brain injury that was really bad, the other guys thought that he was gonna die soon so they put him in the part of the plane that was the coldest and that helped his injury, bc the cold helps the brain de-bloat. He not only survived that but also had the strength to walk all that distance to find help for his friends. He is truly a hero.
The guy with the swollen brain made a remarkable recovery. I just he would be the first to go
No camino solo sino junto a Roberto quien también participo de otras expediciones (Nando no) y cuido y curó a todos desde el primer minuto No hay heroes Sin los muertos ninguno hubiese sobrevivido
You've lost the very final part that turns out to be important, true photos compared to movie shots.
I’m sorry I didn’t include those
Their 'food' got lost in the avalanche. That was their biggest betrayal from nature.
Devin I’ve been watching you for a while now, look at this production value. Making moves! Glad to see how successful you’ve been, you deserve it. Peace and love.
I truly appreciate it! Doing my best to give you all better content. Thanks for the continuous support
"Come to chile man"
You: come to chill?
Hahahahha 😂 ur funny
As uruguayan i love how this story is getting so much notice. We grew up with this example of survival and it made us so grateful for all the little things. It is so important to know this story to appreciate life and family so much. Thank you for watching
Thanks so much for the details. It explained a lot
Damn devin got another camera as well! Digging the multiple angles, you've stepped your game up for sure and it's noticeable! 👊
Pancho Delgado still cant forgive himself for convincing Numa to go, he hardly joins the other survivor to talk about the accident. He says it's still too painful
That’s something you will never forget. I’m they all have PTSD
I hope you saw the real pictures showing up in the credits, didn't see your reaction to that, but hope you didn't miss those
PD: It's not only based on a real story, it's more like: ABSOLUTELY ACCURATE to the real story
I just saw the real pictures. Amazing that anyone survived. Could have survived?
Cause eskimos are not high in the mountains. They are mostly at sea level, with lots of oxygen and humidity. These guys were stuck between colossal mountains of the Andes range, over 4000 m (13,000ft high), with low oxygen, freezing cold (almost always below zero) and low humidity. Water was not mineralized, it had no salts and food was unavailable. The thaw only made it worse, since food was rotting, water was scarce and the cold was still savage during MOST of the daytime... Still no humidty and low oxygen.
That makes there survival even more remarkable
@@deving9793 True, this is a truly remarkable story. Loved your reaction! Subscribe is granted! Hahaha hace a nice day!!
Hey bro, one of the saddest stories, haven't seen this particular movie but another called "Alive", based off the same story. It gets intense!
I would recommend you watch this one, I have never watched alive but some of the survivors have come out to say that they found it disrespectful, some of them even saying that it's like a disney movie and that it's not a true reflection of what happened to them, one of the things they were most upset about was that the movie changed the names of the deceased (I think they had to do that because they didn't get consent from the families to tell their stories) . The director of this movie worked with them, both survivors and the families of those who passed, so it think it's a different experience to see what happened knowing that they were involved, some of the survivors even make cameos on the film.
Is that based on a true story as well?
@@deving9793 it's supposed to be this story, but the survivors have come out to say that they didn't think it was told respectfully
@fantasia13 I believe it, I don't think Alive was terrible, just the American Hollywood adaptation. This movie is on the list to watch.
@deving9793 Yes, Alive was based off this same story, just the Hollywood version. I think you chose a better version, but I do still like the other one too.
Yes movie alive is about the same story and it was good for the time it was made, but this one hits on so many levels 😢
Thank you for reacting for this story ❤️
Thank you for watching!
Great and honest reaction!
I appreciate it!
I had to wait 31 years to find out how they were finally discovered. Because in the film ALIVE (1993) it is not as detailed as this. At that time I searched for all the literature about this story.
Devins vack with a banger! Long time sub here, keep on keeping on man, been loving the new content as well man. Check out a movie called Gangs of New York if you can, its a bamger and a newer classic
Yess sir! I got you family. It’s coming to the channel as well
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This one is better than the movie "alive" from the 90's of this true story
Muy buena reacción ❤
About Nando, supposedly when he got back his dad already had another partner and he had given Nando’s room to his nephew. That’s something that was trending in Latin america which I don’t know how true it was
Edit: turns out is real. Nando mentions it in his book
I really despises Nando's father: 71 days, less than 3 months, and you can't respect your wife and children? And you find a girlfriend so, so quickly?
It's smells a cheater to me or even worse, bc he also didn't take care properly of his son later, I read he didn't invite him to shared the Christmas with his new family.
@@CBOANDALUCIA Nando didn’t want to spend Christmas with his dad and went to Roberto’s house and stayed outside until midnight to not interrupt and then he went in
@@jeonghancontent Well, I can't blame him. Less than 71 days, and his father renewed his life like they were furniture.
thanks for your reaction!
Thank you for watching
Some facts about the movie:
Three of the survivors made cameos in the movie:
- Fernando "Nando" Parrado: opens the airport door to his character at the beginning of the movie.
- Roberto Canessa: Plays a doctor when they are received at the hospital because he is a doctor in the real life.
- Carlos Paez Rodríguez: Represents his own father (Carlos Paez Vilaró) when he reads the list of survivors reading the name of his own son (“Carlitos Miguel Paez, my son”).
- The house where Numa arrives is the real Numa's house and the walker is a Numa's nephew.
- The suitcase that Gustavo Zerbino didn't want to leave in the Andes was full of belongings of the deceased that he took to their respective families.
- The actors underwent a diet under strict medical supervision so that their bodies would more realistically reflect the effects of what the survivors went through.
- The survivors and the families of those who passed away say that this movie is much more faithful to the real events, unlike the film 'Alive!' which was more of a spectacle than a tribute. In addition to changing the names of the characters, they altered almost the entire story.
- All the survivors (except for 2 who died in 2015 and 2023) are still alive. You can search for their accounts on Instagram.
- The location of the accident (Valle de las Lágrimas [Valley of Tears]) can still be visited today, starting from Argentina (as it is a substantially shorter journey): it takes several days on horseback and hiking through the mountains. It requires several days of planning and good physical condition.
- They were there for 72 days. On the first day of rescue, they took some of them and a group of rescuers stayed who set up a tent a little away because of the smell. The next day they rescued the others.
Hugs from Argentina. 🤗
Thank you so much for commenting. It explained a lot
Some of the survivors made cameos in the movie. The Md that received Canessa is the real Canessa. The father of Carlitos, the man that read the list is the real Carlitos. And the real Nando is the man that opened the airport door to Nando and his family. 🖐from Argentina and sorry for my english
No worries I understood everything you said. Thank you for commenting
This movie will make the strongest man feel very small
13:14 well... the sad part about this, is that Nando's father continued with his life not even 2 months after the accident. He started a new relationship and even sold Nando's belongings
Yes, it was disgusting.
I really think he was cheating of his wife bc it's not normal that in less than 71 days you stop to mourn ALL YOUR FAMILY, find a girlfriend and sold all your children's properties.
And later, he didn't take care of his son, and that's the worse part. Not even share Christmas with him when you are (supousely) a Catholic practicant, it's a very clear proof. Poor Nando, great he find his way in life and built a good family.
Love the set!
Appreciate it
3:00 This was just before a military coup in Uruguay.
I'm surprised you didn't include the end credits with the photos
Actually Numa' death, gave them the courage they needed to survive.
I remember this story along time ago. 🙏.........
Heroes!!!😐
que buenos actores
Wonderful actors
Because this air craft, actually non plane cant be complete white, may have colors in the fuselage
❤❤❤ loved it
10:08 bundle up with what? They didn't have proper clothing for those nighttime temps because they didn't expect to be dropped in the middle of the Andes. They had very little food, only snacks! I have the book from the mid seventies with the photos they took, and these recreated photo scenes are very close to the real ones!
Bro didn't you watch the real pictures at the end during credits?
I knoww! I miss them smh 🤦🏾
I wonder if you watched the whole movie or if you just watched some bits and pieces, at least that's what it seems because there are a few comments you make that make no sense with the story line, of course it could also be because you're focused about the recording and so. I commend you for watching most with the native language.
I liked your reaction a lot!!!
I greatly appreciate it
Thanks You. Abrazos desde Uruguay.
Thank you for watching my reaction
Godbless to the survivors
The accident occured deep in the andes mountain, there are no trees or animals there
i am uruguayan and is quite a crazy story specially that they needed to eat human bodies since in uruguay at all times we are 3 millions of human uruguayans and 12 millions of cows. kinda of a destiny twist to end up on a mountain and eat human flesh while in our country there is 4 cows for each human. i dont eat red meat (cow) so there is even more. they where called heroes but people here always took badly they eat the bodies. i understand without that there would be NO survivors. yet still you loose a part of your humanity for good when you go for the human flesh as your food. not to mention when they where buried and needed to eat it from the corpses literally.
It’s crazy how ppl had had the audacity to judge them for wanting to leave. How you be angry at that?
@@deving9793 well they where shocked they eat human bodies. but again understandable since there was NO other way to survive.
They knew the dates cuz they had watcheswith calendars on it
El combustible del avión se desparramó durante el accidente. Por eso Numa estaba marchado de azul, y por eso la primera noche no se atrevieron a usar los encendedores. Si el combustible hubiese prendido habrían muerto todos.
No se comieron a ninguna mujer, ni a hombres que fueran parientes de los que quedaban vivos. Lo hubieran hecho de no haber tenido otro recurso, pero los dejaron para el final.
Theres a 90s movie called alive thats based on the same story
It wasn't the first movie about this story. There are still 2 more movies and some documentaries. I also like Alive (1993), with John Malkovich and Ethan Hawke. I find "Alive" more exciting, but Society Of The Snow (2023) is more realistic and detailed.
Devin G, you should watch The Flight of the Phoenix. It's a plane crash survival story.