J.A. Bayona Talks Netflix Plane-Crash Drama ‘Society Of The Snow’ Ahead Of Venice World Premiere; Watch First Trailer
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Spain’s J.A. Bayona has carved a niche for himself in survivalist drama, starting with 2012’s The Impossible, in which a family’s dream trip to Thailand becomes a nightmare when a tsunami destroys their luxury resort.
It was based on a true story, unlike 2018’s Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom, which nevertheless featured human beings facing unimaginable odds when confronted by a terrifying new breed of carnivorous dinosaurs.
With his new Netflix production Society of the Snow, Bayona is back in the real world again, telling a story that might be his most extraordinary yet.
Based on the book of the same name by Pablo Vierci, first published in 2008, it charts the story of the 45 people who, on 13 October 1972, boarded Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 from Montevideo to Chile.
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