Society of the Snow (2023)
Directed by J. A. Bayona
A Uruguayan rugby team flies from Montevideo toward Santiago de Chile, crashes on a glacier deep in the Andes, and the survivors hold on through winter until two of them walk out to Chile.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Montevideo, Uruguay≈ 00:01:00Inferred
Numa and his friends play rugby and get ready for the team's trip to Chile.
- 2Fuselage on the glacier≈ 00:15:00Flight 571 crash site (Valley of Tears), Andes, ArgentinaInferred
The plane hits the mountains and the survivors live in the wrecked fuselage through cold, avalanche and hunger.
- 3Westward trek≈ 01:58:00High Andes on the Argentina–Chile borderInferred
- 4Riverbank with the herdsman≈ 02:08:00Los Maitenes, Río Azufre valley, ChileInferred
- 5Helicopter rescue≈ 02:12:00Flight 571 crash site (Valley of Tears), Andes, ArgentinaInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 1,340 km
- Places
- 4
- Countries
- 3
- Stops
- 5
- Plane: 1,288 km
- On foot: 26 km
- Helicopter: 26 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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