Stranded survivors in the Andes endure bleak, gritty conditions, fighting for life with immense will and desperate measures.
Suspenseful and earnest. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating. Based on true events.
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The amazing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager rations and through the freezing cold.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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