History Film / SocietyOfTheSnow

** Unlike in the film, the radio set was not powerful enough to allow all survivors to hear it at once. Marcelo Pérez was the first to hear that the search had been called off and he wanted to keep it secret from most survivors in order to keep morale high, until Gustavo Nicolich told them.

** In real life, the avalanche buried the plane while the survivors were asleep, rather than making rhythms.

* DespairEventHorizon: After hearing the search had been called off and no one is coming to rescue them, many of the survivors cross it and FreakOut. It is after this that Marcello encourages his followers to eat the dead if they are to survive.

* EverybodySmokes: Everybody is seen smoking at least once, except for Canessa, Nando and Tintin.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: The plane crashes in a place and time of the year too cold to grow plants or animals. Everything is a threat after another: cold, altitude sickness, lack of food and medical care, etc. Only with the thaw do the survivors see another form of life, but it is a ''carrion bird''...

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Tintin, Moncho, Bobby, Pancho, Fito and Coche are all known only by their nickname up until the scene where Carlitos's father reads the name of the survivors, where their real names are disclosed.

** Both Ramón "Moncho" Sabella and Antonio "Tintín" Vizintin appear at the airport as background characters.

* ShownTheirWork: Bayona called the survivors to consult multiple times while making the movie. As a result there are many details that are hardly going to be noticed or understood by most people (e.g. Numa's home in the movie is Numa's real home, and the man that salutes him is a cameo by Numa's nephew).

** The first night in the crashed plane focuses on a badly injured passenger begging for help, then cuts to his body frozen on the spot.

* DeletedRole: Álvaro Armand Ugon as Roberto Canessa's father. Ramiro Rutz as Leonardo Turcatti, Numa's twin brother.

** Because of the choice to focus on Numa, other survivors feel like this when compared to their portrayals in other media. Liliana Methol probably gets it the worst, as the film doesn't include her role as volunteer nurse and unofficial "mother" of the group beyond trying to help a dying Moncho (though WordOfGod says more was shown in a DeletedScene). Here she's only memorable for being the longest surviving female and TheLostLenore to Javier after her death. Additionally, Daniel Maspons, Enrique Platero and Diego Storm are practically reduced to background extras compared to previous adaptations. In contrast, Nando and Canessa retain enough screentime to be considered {{deuteragonist}}s.

* ABirthdayNotABreak: After an avalanche buries the group alive and kills eight more survivors, Numa's narration states that it's his 25th birthday.

** Because of the choice to focus on Numa, other survivors feel like this when compared to their portrayals in other media. Liliana Methol probably gets it the worst, as the film doesn't include her role as volunteer nurse and unofficial "mother" of the group (though WordOfGod says this was shown in a DeletedScene). Here she's only memorable for being the longest surviving female and TheLostLenore to Javier after her death. Additionally, Daniel Maspons, Enrique Platero and Diego Storm are practically reduced to background extras compared to previous adaptations. In contrast, Nando and Canessa retain enough screentime to be considered {{deuteragonist}}s.

* SoleSurvivor: Downplayed. Carlos Roque is the only member of the tripulation that survives initially. [[spoiler: Sadly, he later dies in the avalanche, along with 7 other victims.]]

* ADayInTheLimelight: The movie follows Numa Turcatti as the main character, while most media adaptations of the story center around Nando Parrado. This was expressly requested by interviewed survivors, who felt Numa should be the main character because of how beloved he was, how much he contributed to the group's survival, and how media portrayals tended to sideline him. Becomes ADeathInTheLimelight when it is revealed that Numa was the last to die before the survivors were rescued and that his is a PosthumousNarration.

* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: The trope is at play regarding the death of co-pilot Dante Lagurara, though who is the villain, and how much, is affected because times change. Originally the survivors claimed that Lagurara asked for a gun in his suitcase to commit suicide and they insisted that, though they didn't find the case until days after he died, they didn't help him die in any manner and (probably) wouldn't even if the gun had been available, because they considered it murder. This left the co-pilot no choice but to slowly bleed and freeze to death, as he couldn't be unstuck from the cabin controls. However by 2023 active voluntary euthanasia is legal in Spain, and passive euthanasia is in most of South America. So the choice to leave it out altogether clearly has as much to do with respect for Lagurara's memory and his family as it is to not make the survivors look cruel in the eyes of the audience.

* ChristianityIsCatholic: Most, if not all of the people on the plane are Catholic (which is justified given that Uruguay has a very large Catholic population), and many find their faith tested over the course of their ordeal.

* SoleSurvivor: Downplayed. Carlos Roque is the only member of the tripulation that survives initially. [[spoiler: Sadly, he later dies in the avalanche that kills 8 of the survivors.]]

* SoleSurvivor: Downplayed. Carlos Roque is the only member of the tripulation that survives initially [[spoiler: Sadly, he later dies in the avalanche that kills 8 of the survivors.]]

** The inside of the cockpit is never shown except through an open door until after the crash, so the pilot Julio Ferradas barely appears in the film.

* DeathByIrony: Numa, the main character, as well as one of the strongest and most proactive survivors, dies of a small cut in his foot after being severely weakened by hunger and lack of care, just 12 days before his companions are rescued.

If that sounds familiar, it’s because the movie is based on the same true events that inspired the 1976 Mexican film ''Film/{{Survive}}'' and the 1993 American film ''Film/{{Alive}}'', this time adapted from the book ''The Snow Society: The Definitive Account of the World’s Greatest Survival Story'' (2009) by Uruguayan journalist and author Pablo Vierci. But where ''Survive!'' was basically an ExploitationFilm focused on the most sensational aspects of the story, and ''Alive'' was an adventure film that highlighted the HeroicSpirit of the survivors that ultimately made it out of the tragedy, ''Society of the Snow'' is a somber drama built as [[DueToTheDead a tribute to those who didn't]].

* TheLostLenore: Javier becomes depressed after the death of his wife in the avalanche, but ultimately feels he has to live in order to share the love he still has for her with their children.

* FanDisservice: The final scene where the survivors are showered at the hospital. Their butts and genitals are in full display, unlike in the post-match shower scene at the beginning of the movie, but they look like concentration camp survivors and are unlikely to titilate anyone.

* TheCameo:
** Nando Parrado appears early in the film, opening the airport’s front door to the actors portraying him and his family.
** Jose Luis “Coche” Inciarte appears in the bar scene, behind Numa and his friends, reading a newspaper.
** Both Ramon “Moncho” Sabella and Antonio “Tintin” Vizintin appear at the airport as background characters.
** Daniel Fernandez appears in the church, more specifically, in the left front row.
** Carlitos Paez portrays his own father, Carlitos Paez Vilaró, who reads the list of survivors over the radio and then greets the movie's Carlitos as he disembarks from the rescue helicopter.
** Roberto Canessa appears as a doctor, escorting the movie’s Canessa into the hospital amidsts the crowd of reporters.
** Gustavo Zerbino appears as a rugby coach, but his scenes were cut.
** Numa Turcatti's nephew appears as the neighbor who he greets while entering his house.

** Because of the choice to focus on Numa, other survivors feel like this when compared to their portrayals in other media. Liliana Methol probably gets it the worst, as the film doesn't include her role as volunteer nurse and unofficial "mother" of the group (though WordOfGod says this was shown in a DeletedScene). Here she's only memorable for being the longest surviving female and TheLostLenore to Javier after her death. Additonally, Daniel Maspons, Enrique Platero and Diego Storm are practically reduced to background extras compared to previous adaptations. In contrast, Nando and Canessa retain enough screentime to be considered {{deuteragonist}}s.

''Society of the Snow'' (Spanish: ''La Sociedad de la Nieve'') is a 2023 Spanish-language survival drama directed by J.A. Bayona (''Film/TheImpossible'', ''Film/TheOrphanage''). It tells the true story of Uruguayan Air Force flight 571, which crashed on a glacier on the Andes mountains in October 1972 while en route to Santiago, Chile. 12 people died in the crash, including the pilots. The other 33 were left stranded in an unknown area of perpetual snow and no vegetation, without supplies or survival training. The survivors, many members of a rugby team traveling for a match, their friends and relatives, had to work together in order to survive their harsh surroundings. And most were so young that this was their first travel abroad and had never seen snow before in their life.

* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: At one point, the survivors hear on the radio that the search for the plane has been suspended until the spring, ending with the reasoning that NoOneCouldSurviveThat - because of 43 previous air crashes into the Andes through history, none had survivors.

* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: At one point, the survivors hear on the radio that the search for the plane has been suspended until the spring, ending with the reasoning that of 43 previous air crashes into the Andes through history, none had survivors.

** After recovering from his coma, Nando's eyes remain black for several more days.

* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: The trope is at play regarding the death of co-pilot Dante Lagurara, though who is the villain, and how much, is affected because SocietyMarchesOn. Originally the survivors claimed that Lagurara asked for a gun in his suitcase to commit suicide and they insisted that, though they didn't find the case until days after he died, they didn't help him die in any manner and (probably) wouldn't even if the gun had been available, because they considered it murder. This left the co-pilot no choice but to slowly bleed and freeze to death, as he couldn't be unstuck from the cabin controls. However by 2023 active voluntary euthanasia is legal in Spain, and passive euthanasia is in most of South America. So the choice to leave it out altogether clearly has as much to do with respect for Lagurara's memory and his family as it is to not make the survivors look cruel in the eyes of the audience.

** Nando buries his sister on the snow and states that he's leaving because the place is a cemetery.

->''"There is no greater love than to give one’s life for friends."''

** In the movie, Arturo Noguiera dies on the 36th day. Numa, Nando, Roberto and Tintin then depart to walk out, but Numa turns back on his own because of his injured foot. The other three continue and discover the tail. In reality, Arturo died on the 34th day. Numa, Nando, Roberto and Tintin departed later that day but all four turned back together due to the bad weather. They then waited two days for the weather to improve, during which it was decided Numa should remain behind. The other three departed again on the 36th day and discovered the tail.