'Society of the Snow' trivia and fun facts
Brief theatrical release
It will be released on December 15 in 110 Spanish cinemas before its streaming premiere on January 4. Spain has 3,521 exhibition halls and there will be provinces, such as Soria or Tenerife, that will not even have the opportunity to access viewing.
The spanish Oscar
Official submission of Spain for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 96th Academy Awards in 2024.
Filming scene
One of the three main filming spaces was a set purposely built by a Belgian company specialized in industrial warehouses in the upper part of the Pradollano station, where one of the three fuselages of flight 571 was deposited.
Based on real events
It recounts the accident of Flight 571 of the Uruguayan Air Force in the Andes mountain range in 1972, in which a rugby team was traveling to Chile.
Second one
The second feature film based on the 1972 Andes plane crash incident, following the American English-language film Alive (1993).
In the role of his father
Carlitos Páez, one of the survivors, plays the role of his own father, Carlos Páez Vilaró, in the movie.
Bayona's return
J.A. Bayona returns to Spanish cinema after 16 years, when he debuted as a director with 'El orfanato' in 2007.