‘Society of the Snow’ Teaser: J.A. Bayona Tells the Story of 1972 Andes Flight Survivors in Netflix Thriller (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent Netflix has dropped a teaser for J.A. Bayona’s highly anticipated survival thriller “Society of the Snow,” which will represent Spain in the Oscars international feature film race.
The film world premiered on closing night of the Venice Film Festival and is playing this week at the Lumiere Film Festival in Lyon.
Based on Uruguayan journalist Pablo Vierci’s 2009 book, “Society of the Snow” tells the true story of survivors of the 1972 Andes flight disaster who had to take extreme measures, including cannibalism, to stay alive. “Society of the Snow” is the first Netflix film to have been selected by the Spanish committee for the Oscars and marks Bayona’s second Oscar entry following “The Orphanage” in 2007.
The film will roll out in select theaters across Latin American on Dec. 14, as well as in Spain on Dec. 15 and in the U.S. and in the U.K.
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