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Title: Alive (1993)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ethan Hawke | ... | Nando Parrado | |
| Vincent Spano | ... | Antonio Balbi | |
| Josh Hamilton | ... | Roberto Canessa | |
| Bruce Ramsay | ... | Carlitos Páez | |
| John Newton | ... | Antonio 'Tintín' Vizintín (as John Haymes Newton) | |
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David Kriegel | ... | Gustavo Zerbino |
| Kevin Breznahan | ... | Roy Harley | |
| Sam Behrens | ... | Javier Methol | |
| Illeana Douglas | ... | Lilliana Methol | |
| Jack Noseworthy | ... | Bobby François | |
| Christian J. Meoli | ... | Federico Aranda | |
| Jake Carpenter | ... | Alberto Artuna | |
| Michael DeLorenzo | ... | Rafael Cano (as Michael De Lorenzo) | |
| José Zúñiga | ... | Fraga, the Mechanic | |
| Danny Nucci | ... | Hugo Díaz | |
In 1972, the Uruguayan rugby team is flying to Chile to play a game. However, the plane from the Uruguayan Air Force with 45 people crashes on the Andes Mountains and after the search party, they are considered dead. Two months after the crash, the sixteen survivors are finally rescued. Along the days, the starved survivors decide to eat flesh from the bodies of their comrades to survive. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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I can remember reading the book on which this story was based many years ago when I was in High School and being engrossed by the story. The movie version is no less engrossing, the entire story being made absolutely gut-wrenching by the fact that it's true. A South American rugby team is stranded in the remote heights of the Andes after a plane crash and has to find a way to survive the freezing temperatures, their injuries and a variety of other challenges (not the least of which is a lack of food.) The acting in it is good, but the situation itself becomes the focus rather than the actors, and so I can't really say that anyone in particular stood out to me, but that doesn't come across as a weakness here. After all, the story of survival was a story of teamwork; a "star" to the movie would have detracted from that.
This is literally gut-wrenching stuff, and I'm surprised it doesn't have a higher rating. It is not an easy movie to watch at times. The injuries are graphically portrayed, the suffering of the injured very realistic and the ultimate solution to the food problem will upset some people (but, in spite of what I've heard some say about this movie, it isn't the focus of the story. It's just an example of what had to be done to survive in an impossible situation.) It also has a surprisingly strong spiritual component to it.
Truly excellent.
10/10