SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (2023) MOVIE REACTION - THIS MOVIE BROKE ME! First Time Watching

The fact that it’s a real story is even scarier

As a south american, I am so glad people are finally knowing the true story of the Andine Tragedy. For most people it is just the spooky story of people that ate each other to survive, but Society of the Snow show the story in a more human way.

A fun fact for you is that the man playing Carlitos Paez father is the actual Carlitos Paez, some survivors made cameos: Parrado opens the door for his family and Canessa is one of the doctors that welcome the boys when they enter the hospital.

the way everyone and their mama fell in love with numa at first sight 😭

Two things you missed: They did NOT wait until Numa died so they could go out, they needed the sleeping bag to be ready, it was ready almost the same day Numa died, or slightly after, also they wanted to leave early to have more sunlight time 2.- Gustavo Zerbino took a memory, souvenir, an object of each dead friend and put it in a luggage, thats why he said he is not leaving without it, he had all the souvenirs of the dead in there

You said "Justice for Numa", so I want you to consider this: 16 people survived and got to tell their story. 29 people passed away, who never go to do so. This movie was made as a way to give a voice to the voiceless. Numa was the last one to die, and in interviews with the survivors, they all talk about him is a very powerful figure they all considered a hero, and whom they all respect. Making Numa the protagonist and making it possible for him to tell his own story allows him to live on, much like every other passenger on that flight lives on not just in the 16 souls that survived, but in the souls of their 150 descendants that have come to this world since then. This movie achieves a level of justice for all those 29 people like nothing else ever had before.

Roberto Canessa is my primary cardiologist, 2 days ago I had a consultation with him, he is an extraordinary person, greetings from Uruguay

The director said they choose Numa as the narrator for two reasons, one, he was that last impulse they needed to finally go and look for help, it was what inspired them and finally convinced Roberto (who was scared of going). The survivors said they all loved Numa and his death was really moving for them. And two, because the amazing director Bayona, who became obsessed with the story around 10 years ago and wanted to represent this tragedy as respectfully and realistically as possible (he bought the rights to the book named as the movie, a recompilation of the survivors testimonies, in 2012 but wanted the movie to be as accurate as possible to real life, and that included being filmed in spanish. Because of this, Hollywood didn't want to give him the needed budget, and the only one who finally did it was Netflix almost ten years later) anyways, Bayona felt like everybody talked about the survivors, but many neglected talking about the deceased, who were equally heroes. Having Numa narrate served not only to tell the story of the survivors but also being a voice for those who didn't make it home. Sorry, long comment, loved your reaction ❤😢

Sergio Catalán, the Chilean muleteer who found Nando and Roberto, became a beloved person to the survivors. The survivors tell that they called him "father", they went to visit him in Chile, they took him to Uruguay, they helped him and his family financially, in his hip operation. Until Sergio passed away in 2020.

What’s wild is that a lot of studies were done afterwards, and most of the survivors did NOT end up with PTSD—I imagine because they were a team beforehand and banded together—they weren’t alone, and in real life they said they felt very close to god, as being from a catholic Christian school, they prayed together every morning. However, in real life, the rescue took 2 days—they couldn’t carry everyone at once due to flying conditions in the helicopters, so they sent the weakest first, and half stayed on the mountain for one more night, along with 4 rescue workers who brought food. The survivors didn’t end up with PTSD, but the rescue workers, who stayed for only one night, DID. For the survivors, the gruesomeness was gradual and they had each others’ love and support throughout, while the rescue workers were thrust suddenly into such horribleness, skeletons, etc. Social support is one of the biggest protectors against developing PTSD after severe trauma—I’m so glad they were a team beforehand with a shared faith, and not a group of total strangers, as I imagine the outcome would have been very different.

The guy who got them help...the survivors basically took care of him for the rest of his life because he was living out in the country and didn't have much but he still gave them everything he had when it came to food. And now they look out for his kids.

Bayona (movie director) said that he wanted to put Numa as the protagonist even when he died in the mountains because he would represent all the people that didn't survive. He wanted to give "a voice" to all dead people in that incident because they needed to be listened too. It was like a tribute for all of them. Actually, he asked for permission to do this to Numa's family and have to convince them because they didn't wanted at the beginning. In the end, Numa's family was happy because Bayona was respectful with Numa's memory. All the survivors too, they said that this movie is the BEST representation of what and how they lived this. P.S: Some of the survivors made a "cameo" in the movie :).

Gustavo refused to leave the suitcase behind because it contained all the belongings he collected from the dead. After the rescue he went back to each family to personally return to them the items he collected 😢

I haven't cried this hard over a movie since lovely bones. It was so heartbreaking

Its nominated for 2 oscars actually. Best International Feature as well as Best Makeup. Im so glad youre doing a reaction to this movie!

"The world is not that sweet to try to survive life this... hang it up!" I felt this.

thirsting over numa 😂😂 meee!!!! i love enzo vogrincic, truly a beautiful man❤

i literally WEPT once the credits rolled it’s so crazy how resilient humans are at their very cores

Numa represents the people that didn’t make it, that’s why his the narrator of the story. To honor those that had such a big role, but sadly didn’t make it 😢 It does deserve the Oscar!! I absolutely loved it!

Numa was characterized to represent all the lives lost in the tragedy, that's why he's narrating the story. Everyone deserved to live, no one should ever have to lose their lives like that. Bayona did an amazing job at conveying all the suffering, the hardships and feelings of the real survivors, I really hope this movie gets an Oscar ❤