Hispanic Film Festival: 'La sociedad de la nieve'

Augustana College will sponsor its 28th annual Hispanic Film Festival on Wednesdays, Oct. 30-Nov. 20.

All films will be shown at 7 p.m. in Hanson Hall of Science, Room 102. Films are free and open to the public. Films are in Spanish with English subtitles.

Film: "La sociedad de la nieve" ("Society of the snow")
Director: J.A Bayona
Year: 2023
Genre: Adventure-thriller
Runtime: 2h 24min
Rating: R
Academy Award nominated; Golden Globe nominated

Plot summary: In 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which had been chartered to fly a rugby team to Chile, crashed in the heart of the Andes. Only 29 of its 45 passengers survived the accident. Trapped in one of the most hostile and inaccessible environments on the planet, they have to resort to extreme measures to stay alive. A film that captures the resilience of the human spirit.ry.