Lord of the Rings maker tells an incredible true story that has already been filmed twice

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Lord of the Rings maker tells an incredible true story

In 2024, Netflix will once again release some promising original films that you should definitely keep on your screen. First up is Die Schneegesellschaft, which was already there last year Venice Film Festival celebrated its premiere. After a limited theatrical release, it is now officially available for streaming.

The Snow Company on Netflix: After Lord of the Rings, JA Bayona stages a fight for survival in the Andes

The Snow Company is the new film by JA Bayona, who most recently released the Lord of the Rings series on Amazon in position: He directed the first two episodes of The Rings of Power. He also sat in the director’s chair for Jurassic World 2 and Seven Minutes After Midnight.

However, a completely different film in his oeuvre might be interesting for his latest directorial work: The Impossible. In it, Bayona tells the true story of a Spanish family who… Tsunami of 2004 survived. Now he is turning his attention to another catastrophe that has gone down in the history books.

You can watch the trailer for The Snow Company here:

The Snow Company – Trailer (German) HD

The survival drama The Snow Society is based on the novel La society de la nieve by Pablo Vierci. In it, the author describes the disaster of Flight 571 in 1972, in which 29 of the 45 passengers died. The plane was actually supposed to bring a Uruguayan rugby team from Uruguay to Chile.

However, over the Andes there is a fateful encounter with a mountain. In the collision, the aircraft loses a wing and is torn in two. The people who survive the crash then have to 72 days in the icy environment fight for survival. Particularly tricky: the question of food.

Many of the faithful rugby players struggle with the idea human flesh (of deceased colleagues), which leads to major conflict within the group. However, given their situation, they have little choice. If they want to survive, they have to cross boundaries that no human wants to cross.

Before The Snow Company on Netflix: The Disaster of Flight 571 had already been filmed twice

If this sounds familiar, yes, the thriller series Yellowjackets was inspired by the devastating events of 1972. In addition to numerous documentaries, there are also two feature films that deal directly with it The passengers’ struggle for survival of Flight 571, one from 1976 and one from 1993.

  • Survive! (1976): The first film adaptation of the disaster comes from Mexico and was made four years after the plane crash. René Cardona, one of the biggest names of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, directed the film with Hugo Stiglitz. The basis was the novel Survive! by Clay Blair.
  • Survival (1993): The Hollywood version of the story was directed by Frank Marshall, who produced the Indiana Jones films, among others, and is based on the book Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read back. Ethan Hawke stars in the adaptation.

    • Now we can be curious to see how The Snow Company compares to the other film adaptations. There are already advance praises: Spain is sending Bayona’s work as Best International Film into the Oscar race. It hasn’t been nominated yet, but The Snow Company has been on the shortlist for the category since December with 14 other films. The nominations will be announced at the end of January.

    As of today, this January 4, 2024you can stream the snow company on Netflix.

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