Society Of The Snow Review: Spain’s Oscar Contender Is Devastating & Gripping

In 1972, a Uruguayan airplane crashed in the Andes mountains, beginning a devastating story of survival and loss. After spending some time in the fictional worlds of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, director J.A. Bayona returns to reality with Society of the Snow, a gripping new feature that depicts the story of the passengers on the fatal Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. As Spain’s entry for Best International Feature at the 2024 Oscars, Society of the Snow comes with a certain amount of expectations, but I felt just as unprepared for what was to come as the bright-eyed, eager passengers were at the start of the movie.