The JA Bayona phenomenon stands out for its fidelity to reality, as well as for its extremely powerful casting.
The Snow Society is becoming a true mass phenomenon on networks. Although it arrived in theaters in a measured way, the premiere on Netflix has made the film become a media boom. And the figures support it: The Snow Society has reached the World No. 1 in 88 countries, reaching 22.9 million views in a single week. Data that will probably catapult the film into the race for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, becoming considered by the Academy as “a threat” for the award. Some celebrities, such as Hideo Kojima and Mike Flanagan
have also surrendered to the film, going so far as to consider it one of the best of 2023.
The success of The Snow Society is more than deserved, taking into account the enormous work that the JA Bayona team has done to bring it to life. And the director thought about creating this new version of the Los Andes tragedy 10 years ago, but he wanted the project to be as faithful and respectful of the real events. Hence the immense resemblance of the actors to their real counterparts, one of the aspects that has attracted the most attention in the film. Although it was not the only detail that fans have been left with:
From the raccoon eyes to the black urine, these are some of the finest details of The Snow Society:
To capture the hunger and hardships that the protagonists went through, the actors were forced to follow a strict weight loss diet. Highlighting that of its protagonist, Numa Turcatti, played by Enzo Vogrincic, who lost 23 kilos during filming. Something necessary because The Snow Society was filmed in chronological order and it was essential to capture that physical change.
But that was not the only detail that has garnered praise for the director. One of the most impressive was that of the “raccoon eyes” by Nando Parrado, played by Agustín Pardella, after suffering a blow to the head in the plane accident that left him in a coma for three days. But, as the Twitter user points out Eduardo RegueiraDespite the intense fracture, he managed to survive thanks to his companions, who decided to place him near the outside, at about 15ºC below zero, with these extreme temperatures being the ones that managed to prevent his death:
Another shocking detail that has caught the attention of fans has been the famous scene of the black urine. When the protagonists are considering resorting to cannibalism, one of them comments that he is urinating black; something that we can see later with the protagonist. A detail that is not coincidental either, since black urine is a symptom of extreme dehydration, in addition to being due to the body’s inability to filter toxins. In fact, when the protagonists decide to eat again, we can see that, in one of the scenes, the urine of one of the protagonists returns to a normal color.
It is clear, in any case, that Bayona has decided to adapt the faithful account of the events of the tragedy and did not want to forget any details. If you have the opportunity to see it, don’t miss The Snow Society on Netflix.
