a gripping tale of rescue and escape from death
Stranded (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 34
Fresh: 31
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Consensus: Stranded is a thoroughly uplifting account of the well-known tragedy, with touching testimony from remaining survivors.
Theatrical Release:Oct 22, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: In October 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players from Montevideo, Uruguay, went down in a snow-covered valley in the Andes. The dramatic tale of the survivors' struggle to stay alive... In October 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players from Montevideo, Uruguay, went down in a snow-covered valley in the Andes. The dramatic tale of the survivors' struggle to stay alive and be rescued, already told in a bestselling book and feature film, finds new depth and resonance in STRANDED: I'VE COME FROM A PLANE THAT CRASHED ON THE MOUNTAINS. Director Gonzalo Arijón, a childhood friend of some of the survivors, takes them back to the crash site, where they go into agonizing detail as they tell their remarkable, heartbreaking story, aided by re-creations of pivotal events. With no more food, they were forced to break one of humanity's primary taboos, using the bodies of their dead friends and relatives to have even a chance of remaining alive and being rescued in the Valley of Tears. Arijón talks to such brave survivors as Roberto Canessa, Gustavo Zerbino, Adolfo "Fito" Strauch, Antonio Vinzintin, and Carlos Paez as they reach deep within themselves, looking back on what they did with a fascinating perspective, a group of men in their fifties reexamining their struggle to survive when they they were around 19 and 20, with the rest of their lives in front of them as they ventured out of their country for the first time and encountered horrible tragedy. Florencia De Concillo-Perrin's score adds to the tension, and the film plays out like a gripping procedural, including interviews with people who were leading the rescue effort. Both frightening and exhilarating, STRANDED, which has won awards at film festivals all around the world, is an unforgettable documentary about an unforgettable story. [More]
Starring: Roberto Canessa, Daniel Fernandez, Roberto Francois, Carlos Paez
Starring: Roberto Canessa, Daniel Fernandez, Roberto Francois, Carlos Paez, Fernando Parrado, Adolfo Strauch, Eduardo Strauch, Antonio Vinzintin, Gustavo Zerbino
Director: Gonzalo Arijón
Director: Gonzalo Arijón
Producer: Marco Silvera
Composer: Florencia Di Concilio-Perrin
Studio: Zeitgeist Films
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Reviews for Stranded
Stranded is remarkable documentary filmmaking, unflinching and full of unlikely grace.
A tale of horror, heroism, unimaginable physical challenges, and, yes, cannibalism, Stranded offers the kind of real-life drama that can't help but bring up notions of God, fate, and nature's imposing will.
... a serious documentary which is respectful of the feelings of all concerned, and gives the survivors ample time to explain their choices.
Stranded is a magnificent achievement: a true nonfiction epic that makes its predecessors seem puny. What were the Academy Awards voters thinking when they recently rejected it from this year's documentary competition?
The movie far outdistances the two earlier, partially fictionalized film accounts of the incident and goes against expectations at every turn to be an eerie, unsettling and strangely inspiring survival epic.
It's more disturbing than a fiction film could get. If you love true-life survival stories... this is the ultimate one! Unbelievable!
Can you call a movie 'feel-good' if it includes an aviation disaster, a deadly avalanche, and human cannibalism? That's the paradox of the grueling yet ultimately exhilarating Stranded.
Far too long at 126 minutes, "Stranded" adds little to what we have already been told about this heroic tale of survival. First hand accounts of cannibalism are handled deftly and with respect, but that is not enough to carry an entire film
I...encourage anyone who appreciates a fascinating, exciting and well-told true story to see this film.
"Stranded" may be the ultimate tale of survival, but Arijon's film is distinctly spiritual.
At just over two hours, Stranded is nonstop harrowing. It has cumulative power. Since we already know the outcome of the crash, [director] Arijón doesn't inject into the proceedings a false note of suspense.
In Stranded, the endless whiteness of the plane crash survivors' new environment comes to reflect and affect their evolving "society."
So powerful is Stranded that when the lucky few finally make their way back to civilization, you feel as thrilled as if they were your own loved ones.
An uplifting tale of triumph over nature and a moving tribute to the indomitability of the human spirit.
This is a well-known story, told in multiple feature films, books, and 'Where are they now?' human-interest news items. It's no exaggeration to say that Gonzalo Arijon's Stranded is the definitive version.
Once again, the specifics of Uruguayan Air Flight 571 are told well, but a real understanding of what survivors went through is still out of reach.
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