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The Impossible
Why this pick
Bayona brings the same immersive physical detail and humane focus to a family separated by catastrophe, balancing overwhelming survival stakes with intimate, compassionate observation.
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Touching the Void
Why this pick
A rigorously told mountain-survival docudrama whose stark landscapes, escalating bodily ordeal and frank reflections on loyalty echo the visceral intensity of Bayona’s film.
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Against the Ice
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The Way Back
Why this pick
A large-scale, old-fashioned escape-and-survival journey that finds emotional force in a diverse group’s shared endurance across brutal, beautiful terrain.
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01 / THE STORY
Based on a remarkable true story.
Following a plane crash in the remote heart of the Andes, survivors join forces and become each other's best hope as they navigate their way back home.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Enzo Vogrincic
Numa Turcatti
Agustín Pardella
Nando Parrado
Matías Recalt
Roberto Canessa
Tomas Wolf
Gustavo Zerbino
Esteban Kukuriczka
Adolfo «Fito» Strauch Urioste
Francisco Romero
Daniel Fernández Strauch
Rafael Federman
Eduardo Strauch Urioste
Felipe Otaño
Carlos «Carlitos» Páez