society of the snow

Jacqueline Toledo Soto ’24Staff Writertoledosotoj@lakeforest.edu On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in the Andes mountains. The flight carried 40 passengers and five crew members, with only 16 survivors who had to endure two and a half months of harsh conditions before being rescued. The recently released film The Society of the Snow takes you back to early 1970s Uruguay, where the opening shot focuses on a rugby game. The rugby team,…