Because of its unique capacity to surprise, move, inspire and terrify, ‘Andes Tragedy’ – but also like the ‘Miracle of the Andes’ – began to acquire almost legendary status: on 13 October 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed into a glacier in the world’s longest mountain range, causing 16 of 45 passengers They returned home after 72 days after going through harsh conditions to survive. human meat intake.
The latest film to recreate this drama is JA Bayona’s new film. ‘Snow Society’, just arrived in theaters. Much has been said about him and, given the circumstances, he is Spain’s representative in this struggle. Oscarand was nominated for a Golden Globe; Many more things will continue to be done. Below we highlight some of the following topics: in fiction or documentary format, They did this before that.
Ande Survivors (1976)
This Mexican production combines a portrait of the survivors’ long journey with a chronicle of the mistakes made by the authorities during the search. Address anthropophagia without considering: There are plenty of scenes where the flesh is taken off the bones, dried and eaten, and images of cut corpses, Intestines protruding from frozen bodies and injured legs oozing pus.
Despite all this, it is generally a respectful film and sometimes manages to create an emotion that is not expected from its director. Rene Cardonaalso responsible ‘Those who fight against the killer robot’ (1969) and ‘The Saint in Dracula’s Treasure (1969). Upon its release in the United States, it was re-edited to highlight the most morbid aspects of the story and was almost advertised as a horror film. B series.
They are alive! (1993)
It has been the most famous film on this subject for 20 years. Although it is based on the acclaimed non-fiction book of the same name published by Piers Paul Read It does not bother to recreate the social structure created and sustained during the 10 weeks in the Andes in 1974, as described in these pages. It’s a movie that’s less concerned with sociology and does what Hollywood often does best: create. Colorful images of destruction and avalanches and flavor them with exciting moments and subtle pulses of spirituality.
He has a shy and somewhat insincere attitude towards the other party. human meat consumption – without anthropophagy, there would be no film – and he seems ashamed to talk about the dimensions of the saga in general. It’s hard for any of us to imagine the difficulties these people are going through.‘They are alive’ This doesn’t make it any easier.
They Live: The Miracle in the Alps (1993)
‘Designed as a complement to fiction’they are alive‘ question is supported above all by the testimony of the survivor Nando Parrado, who lost his mother and sister in the accident (he discovered this days later, after waking up from a coma) and his partner. Roberto Canesa, He walked 70 kilometers through mountains 4,000 meters above sea level and found traces of the civilization that led to his rescue.
It contains footage showing several survivors visiting the shootings. ‘They are alive’, Some are impressed by the fidelity of the entertainment, and some remember the discussions that took place within the group. Eat the flesh of your dead friends It was the right thing to do. All of them give the sense that they are people forever marked not so much by anthropophagy as by the memory of a test of human resilience whose magnitude no one else can fathom.
Castaways: I come from a plane that crashed in the mountains (2007)
beautiful recreations of archival audiovisual material designed to convey loneliness, not to evoke fear or disgust, and interviews with survivors, The one who, more than thirty years later, proves to remember even the most seemingly insignificant details.
They also reflect their own decisions. feed your friends dead From a biological, logistical and philosophical perspective: Those who returned home, with the help of those who did not return, created a generation of more than a hundred individuals in total. And also for them, Eating that meat became a ritual someone in the documentary compared it to holy unionN. Despite all this, the film works as an indisputable defense of the need for solidarity and team spirit in the face of disaster.
I’m Alive: Surviving a plane crash in the Andes (2010)
Also focused on the figure Nando Parrado, Its main purpose is to provide data and clarify technical doubts. Exactly what path did the plane follow when it crashed? Where exactly did it fall? How many vehicles are the same model -Fairchild FH-227- they suffered accidents throughout the historyand how many people died on the ships? What kind of injuries did the collision cause to the passengers? How did they manage to make a radio and ice melting system? The answers to these practical questions are here.