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International Oscar-Nominated ‘Society Of The Snow’ Director J.A. Bayona Credits Social Media With Breaking Down Subtitles Barrier


When Society of the Snow director J.A. Bayona (The Impossible; A Monster Calls) set out to tell the true story of notoriously horrific Andes plane crash, he wanted to give sensitive and authentic v…

Bayona( The Impossible; A Monster Calls) set out to tell the true story of notoriously horrific Andes plane crash, he wanted to give sensitive and authentic voice to the survivors and families of the dead. Society of the Snow, based on Pablo Vierci’s book of the same name, follows the harrowing real-life story of a young Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the frozen Andes in 1972. While there has long been morbid fascination over the events following the crash, Bayona set out to honor Vierci’s telling of the story, and to accurately and sensitively portray all involved.

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