SOCIETY OF THE SNOW has most definitely changed my outlook on life *MOVIE REACTION*

[@ahmobbu]

they have so many cigarettes because Javier Methol was hoping to expand his cigarette business in chile and that's why he brought so many

[@laspilly]

As a former smoker I can only say "thank God"

[@iki4584]

the real survivors actually made a cameo in the movie - the real Nando was the one who opened the door for the actors who played Nando, Susy, and his mother when they were entering the airport in the beginning. - the real Roberto was the doctor behind the actor who played Roberto when they were entering the hospital in the ending. - the real Carlitos was the old guy who read the names of the survivors, "Carlitos Miguel Páez, my son" as his dad. - and last Numa’s nephew was the older gentleman who walking at night and said hello when he was going inside his house, Numa’s family allowed the production to use their real house for the film scene.

[@eddietucker7005]

I love that they were able to use some of the survivors in this film. ❤

[@yamilavieira2939]

And the actors, meet the survivors, so they can interpretates their personality and histories about what happends in the Andes​@@eddietucker7005

[@diannebdee]

The film was partially filmed up at the Valley of Tears where the fuselage actually came to rest. JA Bayona went up there and filmed things for the backdrop of Mt. Seler (named by Nando Parrado in honour of his father), plus the surround for the Andes. The sound mixer also recorded things like the wind and how the snow sounds up there to be used in this film. So it is by and large authentic to the experiences these boys went through. As for Numa Turcatti. Numa was the one righteous man we see once in a lifetime. He was a law student who was about to take the bar to become a lawyer. His arguments against eating the dead was based on both his spiritual beliefs, and his studies in law. The four days buried was because in tandem with the avalanche, they were also experiencing gale force winds and a four day storm. That was why the shelter of the fuselage was better until the storm was over. Arturo died of pneumonia. His lungs were full of fluid. Usually antibiotics could help, but up there Roberto and Gustavo had nothing. As for them being clean shavn, not all men grow bushy beards. Some may have tons of head hair, but very little if no facial hair. The actor playing Numa is Enzo Vogrinzic, actually lost about 50 pounds during the filming. He went from 150 to 103lbs. All the actors were on a closely monitored diet to fully depict the trials the actual men went through up there. As one's body begins to diminish, they become somewhat old as they no longer have the suppleness of the muscle they had. The protein in the bodies gave them nothing but lean energy, but not carbohydrates we all need to sustain us. As for Numa dying. He was the voice of the dead, the ones who didn't return. The ones who survived are still close to this day. There are 14 left as Javier Methol (the man who lost his wife) died in 2014, and Jose Luis "Coche" Inciarte (the one who needed help walking) died in 2023. They still gather on rescue day, or as they call it "rebirth day." They have all gone back up to the crash site many times since 1972. One of them, Eduardo Strauch, is part of an adventure team that takes sivilians up to the crash site. All that remains up there is wreckage as the remander of the fuselage was burned and the bodies buried in a communal grave. Roberto Canessa (med student) and Nando Parrado (man who lost his sister and mother) have been called exceptional in what they did. Mountaineers and alpinists from Ed Viesters (summited Everest five times) and others have called what they did as amazing considering they had no equipment and no training. Also not to forget their physical condition. As for the long-term effects of what happened. Many of them do suffer from a form of PTSD, but with the other survivors they have help and support. The one thing I have to say about these boys. If you remember from the beginning of the film, Numa's voice over stated many of these boys had known each other when they were young. Many of their fathers knew each other as many played rugby for Stella Maris College as teens/young men. These men formed lasting bonds that have survived to this day due in large part to their faith, and their love....always love for each other. And at the end of this story as it still is 52 years later, it is all about the love they had for each other and the love they had for the ones who didn't return. This story is about the power of love. Could we all wish to have the same spirit these men had and have today. I've been with this story since reading "Alive" back in 1976. I have followed these men since then. The one thing I have learned from them is not to squander away your life as you might not know what as Roberto Canessa has said, "When your plane will crash." Some info about where they all are today. Roberto Canessa (med student and one of the ones who made the walk) is now a world reknown pediatric cardio thorasic surgeon. He operates on fetuses inside their mother's wombs in order for them to be born healthy and life their lives as they should. He has won many awards for it including many in the United States. Nando Parrado (one who lost his sister and mother) is an vintner, and former race car drivier and who is now a motivational speaker. Many of them indluding Gustavo Zerbino (other med student) and Adolfo "Fito" Strauch have become long term associates for Stella Maris College in the rugby program. The same one they came from. Javier Methol (man who lost his wife) was a tobacco grower and successful buisness man. Moncho Sabella lives in Argentina and is a successful agriculturalist. A lot of the others have gone into other things including public speaking as has Carlitos Paez (guy whose father was looking for him.) Some trivia: Nando Parrado can be seen in the airport opening the door for his "family" and his portrayer, Agustin Pardella. Roberto Canessa can be seen aiding his film portrayer, Matias Recalt when they get to the hospital after the rescue. Coche Inciarte can be seen directly behind Numa Turcatti actor, Enzo Vogrinzic, in the pub scene with Gaston and Pancho. Ramon Sabella can be seen in the airport as an extra. Carlitos Paez (guy who made the sleeping bag) played his own father, Carlos Paez Vilaro who didn't rest until his son was back safe. Juaquin Turcatti (Numa's actual brother) is seen in the night outside the home Numa grew up in. Those were Numa's actual books he used to study from. Gustavo Zerbino is seen at the beginning as a rugby coach. In summation, this film was made to remember those who died. This is the first time the names of the dead have been used as the relatives of the dead refused to allow their loved ones names to be used in other productions: "Survive" 1976, and "Alive" 1993. This film is a dedication from the living to the dead. It is their voice Numa speaks for.

[@fabiolagarcia1585]

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[@josyshen2535]

Amazing reaction, thank you for sharing it. Thank you as well for watching it in Spanish. A few facts: Nando made quite a recovery because even when his head swelled with the impact, it was facing the cold metal of the plane when he was left outside because everybody was thinking he was dead or about to die. The cold served as a very cold ice pack to heal the swelling in his head and make him better. Diego Storm (who died during the avalanche) was another medicine student thought after the first night it was a good idea to bring Nando to a warmer area inside the plane. The idea Nando had to want to eat the bodies came out of anger that the pilots' negligence got them to be stuck in the mountain helpless. Let's not forget he lost his mum, sister and 2 best friends. Nando's anger it's what pushed him to want to get out of there no matter what. They were peeing black because of severe dehydration, the snow took ages to melt and the ice was burning their mouths and gums. Numa when Marcelo died said: they have been waiting for a moment like that, a moment of peace. Marcelo after finding out the government stopped looking for them got very depressed and kind of lost hope. Some of the survivors say that they think when Marcelo was trapped in the snow during the avalanche he let himself died because he could not fulfill his promise that rescue was coming and all of those people were in that plane because he planned the trip. The guilt and despair kill him, the avalanche was just his way to let go of that burden. Fito was the one who thought of making water, glasses to protect their eyes from the reflexion of the sun in the snow and also chose the bodies that would be eaten along with his cousins Daniel and Eduardo. Fito was called the inventor. The cousins how the call themselves were those who carried the biggest burden of all, to know which friend they were eaten and cut that friend to be eaten. Carlitos, the young person who crashed into the suitcases with his car at the airport, was a spoiled child who came from a wealthy family. He was very spoiled, he even had a nanny, after this trip his perspective of life absolutely changed. In the plane, he was in charge of making sure there were not drafts in the plane or reduce the possibility of drafts using the suitcases and plane seats, he was very good at it. He also was the one who made the sleeping bag that Nando and Roberto used to protect them and sleep during their walk to Chile. They had so so so so many cigarettes because in Chile cigarettes were scarce and Javier Methol, the man who lost his wife in the avalanche, worked in a Tabaco company so thought it was a good business to take a lot of cigarettes and sell them in Chile. In those years if you went to Chile with a few dollars or had some out of the market products you were a millionaire. Chile was going through a horrible economical crisis. Numa did not get injured like that in the real events, someone walked on his leg by accident because of the lack of space in the plane and because he was not eating his body did not have much strength to recover from the bruise. He was the last one who died and his death pushed Nando and Roberto to say fuck it lets do this, let's save ourselves because no one else is going to. The others 14 left in the plane also had a plan b in case Nando and Canessa did not make it which was putting together another team to hike the mountains. The actual survivors loved this version more than the 1993 version, because it doesn't idolise the survivors as the heroes, instead recognises and considers those who died and their memory. In the alive version some families did not give permission to use the real rugby player's names. In this versions all the families were happy and satisfied with the way the story was told and gave permission. Reporters kept digging in a very nasty way how they survived, what did they eat, etc. The survivors were very secretive for respect to their death friends families, also ashamed and worry their families friends and the country would judge them. They had a press conference were they answered to reporters questions ONCE instead that addressing the situation 100000 times to every reporter who asked. They asked the reporters and people for respect of their choices considering the very harsh circumstances they had to face. Pancho Delgado (Numa's best friend in the movie was they one who spoke in this conference) He said that Jesus gave his blood and body to save the world so the survivors took their friends bodies and blood for them to be save. Pancho also asked the reporters to please not spoiled with yellow press and judgement an act that was sacred to them and something that was done for pure survival instinct. The actual survivors made a Kameo in the movie Nando, opened the door to the actor who played him at the airport, Roberto Canessa was one of the Drs in the Hospital when they got rescued, Coche Inciarte reading a newspaper in the bar Numa and his friends were, Daniel Fernandez in the church, Numa's real life nephew passing by Numa's house when he was entering and Carlitos, who read all the survivors names, were is different scenes. The house shown as Numa's house in the movie was actually his real house back in 1972. The reason why Zerbino would not leave without the suitcase it's because he hoped that tokens from the death people, like personal belongings such as jewelry, rosaries, ID's, letters written before dying were taking back to give to their families. That actually happened the real survivor refused to leave without the suitcase and when back home he personally went to each of the families homes of the passengers that did not survive to give them something that belonged to them, so the families even when not having their bodies they could have something to remember them by. In the movie isn't shown but the rescue was in 2 stages. They had to rescue one lot of people that day and the next lot the day after. Some survivors had to stay another night waiting for the other helicopters to arrive. Those left behind the first day were left with food and a team of rescuers. A survivor said most of the rescuers were scared of them after seeing all the human remaining all over the place and made sure the survivors knew they had a gun. Also the smell and dirt was unbearable. Only one rescuer Sergio Diaz, I believe he is called, stayed in the plane with them that night, ate with them and advised them about what they were going to face after everybody knew they have eaten human beings. There is a man who was part of the search team that were looking for the plane during the 71 days the survivors were stranded on the mountain. His name is Claudio Lucero and he had made quite strong arguments in the media about how he believes the 27 people left alive in the plane after the crash planned and plotted maliciously all the events that happened to them to gain fame. He states they could have left the mountain days before the day they got rescued, but chose to stay longer and go through hunger and lost to become famous and earn money.

[@karlacortez2324]

Hi Luke!!! Sergio Catalán is the name of the mule driver who found Nando and Roberto! From that day on they always visited him... until his last day!! (died 2020). There is a museum in Uruguay to remember this fact and they have a special place for the muleteer! In Chile, every year a rugby championship is held to remember this tremendous history, those who are no longer here and the survivors! And in Uruguay, there is a rugby team called Numa Turcatti. Greetings from Santiago de Chile!!!

[@aidamorales2213]

I loved your reaction!! Some info about this film, the survivors and the actors: -The survivors Nando Parrado, Roberto Canessa and Carlitos Paez appear in this film: Nando is the gentleman that opens the door for the Parrado family at the airport, Carlitos portrays his father reading the survivor's list when they're being rescued and Roberto is the doctor walking behind the actor who plays him. -Other survivors made cameos but didn't make it to the final cut. -The gentleman that Numa greets when he's arriving home at the start of the movie is the real Numa's nephew, and the house was his real home too. -From my point of view, Nando Parrado lost everything and still, he is an example of resilience and strenght. His mom died in the crash, his sister and his best friend (Pancho Abal) died from their injuries, he was one of the key members in order to get out of the mountain and when he got home he discovered that his dad already had another woman and had sold all his things. Still, he managed to become the best version of himself. -The survivors say that this is really close to what happened in real life and they are grateful that someone finally treated the topic with the respect that it deserves. -Out of the 16 survivors, 14 are still alive. Javier Methol died in 2015 and Coche Inciarte in 2023, he could see the movie done before it's premiere and he was so happy. -All of the actors spent time with the survivors, their families and the families of those who did not return from the mountain, so they could get to know them better and portray them on the screen as close as possible. This gave us stories such as Enzo Vogrincic (Numa) getting a little tour of Numa's house with his sisters, or Coche Inciarte's wife calling Simon Hempé (the actor who portrays him) his "1972 Coche" because she says that Simon resembles Coche A LOT. -The director, JA Bayona, and his crew meticulously chose the actors for the movie, they wanted people who not only look like the survivors, but also shared personality with them. It was so well done that Enzo gets called Numa by other survivors, and Marcelo Perez del Castillo and Diego Vegezzi look so alike that they look like grandfather and grandson . -Most of the actors had never acted before this film, and even those who were dedicated to acting had never been in such a big project. -Bayona decided that the best for the film would be that the actors gained weight for the start of the movie and then lose it for the end so that it looked real. They were under a strict diet with lots of medical supervision. -Some of the cast is still close and they often visit each other and include each other in their personal projects. -Although there are kilometers separating the survivors, they are still quite close. They live a good life both professionally and personally, some of them give conferences around latin america. -Coco Nicolich, the one that says that he wants to return to celebrate his mom's birthday, finally was able to fulfill his wish of seeing her again a few weeks ago, after 52 years they are now reunited. ❤ -Only one of the non-survivors returned to Uruguay, it was Rafael "El Vasco" Echavarren (the one that was screaming for his dad before he passed). His dad asked the survivors if he could go and search for his son and when they said yes, he made everything possible so he could return his remains, he even went to jail because of this but the jury decided to release him because, come on, he only wanted to bury his son. -The survivors talked about the anthropophagy (I hope that is spelled correctly) openly only once so that no one would ask them again, in a public conference that they made shortly after they returned, one of their statements was beautiful: "just like Jesus offered his body to his apostles". Coco's mother said that she was happy because she knew that all of them had a little piece of her son inside them. -Liliana, Javier's wife and the last woman there, was refered as the "mother in the mountain" by the survivors, they said that she was really important for them because she gave them peace and motherly love, she even had her own (and improvised) "bathroom" away from the guys. After Javier returned, he got married again and had other 4 kids, but he always remembered her and had her in his heart.

[@TheMoonlight2887]

This film was a very beautiful and respectful way of telling their story, it's just what the surviours and all the families wanted. And it has all the warmth and feeling that "Alive" lacked completely. Your girl squeak when the avalanche hit 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I replayed it so many times! Great video. Greetings from Uruguay! 🙂

[@scorpioj3]

Such a gorgeous movie. Makes everyone rethink of everything we have that we take for granted everyday. I was just emotionally invested and in disbelief as you when I watched this. When I read more about this miracle, I found out that initially the media reacted badly when someone unfortunately told the press (unknown to the survivors) that they ate people. Goes without saying that its morally conflicting and confusing but how could they survive with nothing to eat? Amazing reaction.

[@fabiolagarcia1585]

That was the only way to sourvive, the sourvivors suffered too much 😢

[@constanzacuevas8570]

Some of the real-life survivors already act as they own parents. "Carlitos miguel paes, my son" that is the real carlos miguel paes that survived.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Luke! ❄ I've been fascinated by this true event since ALIVE (1993). This new version is more accurate.

[@eddietucker7005]

Luke, you have such a lovely heart. I wish I could sit with you and have a conversation. You are amazing. Now go tell your mom you love her.

[@princesadelaos]

yeah it was a small plane that couldn't fly too high, that's why it needed to find a lower route. but even big commercial planes experiecence turbulance over the andes, it's a massive mountain range and the wind there is crazy

[@Exoixx]

Whenever you fly over a mountain range there’s going to be turbulence and air pockets. But in addition to that, the pilots would usually turn at Curicó and begin descending. The weather and visibility was bad and they started to descend to early. Also in reality, they’d had to stop overnight in Argentina. Despite the not ideal weather, because the plane was an ex-Uruguayan Air Force plane they couldn’t stay on Argentinean soil for longer than 24 hours. Essentially, they were expecting a 1 hour flight. Some survivors have talked about making fun of the pilots for being nervous to fly in such conditions.

[@mocha2717]

Watch movie "The Impossible 2012" starring young Tom Holland and directed by the same director this film

[@javierarios3077]

I enjoyed a lot your reaction and your commentes at the end about this amazing story.... Greetings from Chile 👋

[@anacarolmsc]

Yay, I've been waiting since you mentioned it! Outstanding, right?! I've been fascinated by this story since Alive when I was a kid. This is actually the 3rd movie, the first one is from 76. I highly recommend the behind the scenes, real docs (especially Stranded, here on YT) and Nando's book, but everything out there is great. Luke, please come back to IWTV, we're in 2X4 now, mid-season, it's soooo intense!!!

[@NottsLaad]

I can’t seem to get season 2 in the UK even with a VPN

[@anacarolmsc]

@@NottsLaad oh damn... AMC needs to get their 💩 together, they're losing money and the opportunity to make this gem a mega hit! We only just got S1 here in Brazil officially... And I've been watching S2 through alternative ways, like most ppl worldwide 😩

[@MegaTinaj]

I really enjoyed watching your reaction to SoTS even though it was a difficult watch for you 👏👏👏, thank you for showing your emotions ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@rosemarieserrano5190]

It not a story,its a real survival amazing true event.

[@corysoles]

Esta es una joya de película!!! Numaaaa 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@JavierTabeira]

Abrazos🫂 desde Uruguay😊

[@danitzanavarro920]

Thank you for see in spanish ❤

[@alenkad8954]

❤

[@Peeplii]

I love how so many reactors call the lizard a frog 😂

[@toms5996]

Loved the reaction. You mentioned you wouldn't handle the situation - I'm sure I would (perhaps one year in military helped me with that).

[@volosh67gayo49]

Bro... Don't fake it, don't overreact please. It's notable

[@NottsLaad]

Trust me, nothing was fake about my reaction 👍

[@melistareckzek6732]

​@@NottsLaadI loved ur reaction. Greetings from Uruguay!!!