Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains (2007)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Gonzalo Arijon

Writer:

Gonzalo Arijon (writer)

Release Date:

22 October 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Could you eat human flesh to survive?

Plot:

For the first time ever, survivors of the famous 1972 Andes plane crash tell in their own words their harrowing story of survival. |

Plot Keywords:

Survival | 1972 | Helicopter | Snow | Rugby Team

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Jose Algorta	...	Himself
Roberto Canessa	...	Himself
Juan Catalan	...	Himself
Sergio Catalan	...	Himself
Alfredo Delgado	...	Himself
Daniel Fernandez	...	Himself
Bobby Francois	...	Himself
Roy Harley	...	Himself
Jose Luis Inciarte	...	Himself
Alfredo Mangino	...	Himself
Javier Methol	...	Himself
Carlitos Paez	...	Himself
Nando Parrado	...	Himself
Ramón Sabella	...	Himself
Adolfo Strauch	...	Himself
Eduardo Strauch	...	Himself
Antonio Vizintín	...	Himself
Gustavo Zerbino	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Naufragés des Andes (France) (TV title)
Stranded! The Andes Plane Crash Survivors (UK) (TV title)

Runtime:

130 min | 113 min

Country:

France

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | USA:Unrated | Japan:PG-12

Touching DocuDrama of human survival.

This is an excellent, respectful piece of work. It made me feel as if I were there and challenged my preconceptions of this story. It's much better than the film from 1993 "Alive" which tended to sensationalise. Do try to see it, you will be a better person for it.

Says the Telegraph: "They smelled of the grave," says a Chilean shepherd as he describes his first encounter with some of the survivors of the infamous 1972 plane crash in the Andes which hit the headlines with its tales of cannibalism. Gonzalo Arijón's dramatised documentary recalls the aftermath of a snowstorm that caused a plane carrying 45 members of a Uruguayan rugby team to crash in the appropriately named Valley of Tears. Sixteen of them survived by eating the dead, an "intimate communion" movingly recalled in the reminiscences of the survivors. It makes for a well-crafted, powerful film about human survival."