The Society of the Snow true story is just as harrowing as the tale told in the Netflix movie. Directed by J.A. Bayona (The Impossible), Society of the Snow tells the story of a plane carrying the Uruguay rugby team to Chili for a match in 1972, only to slam into a mountain in the Andes and crash, the plane breaking into prices. In a miracle, some of the passengers survived, but they were stranded with no one knowing where they were, and they ended up relying on desperate means for survival.