Society of the Snow, directed by Spanish filmmakerJ.A.
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There were challenges he said that were impossible to imagine.
Canessa said that watching the film, you feel that youre sitting back in the fuselage.
Authenticity was vital for Bayona and his creative team.
Atienaza explained that Bayona and his team shot on location in the Andes three times, recalling that J.A.
was actually on the same spot where the plane crashed, twice.
He even slept there.
He also got the altitude sickness, he got all the facts to understand what these guys went through.
He sent his cast there too, to experience it for real.
On the matter of casting, Bayona felt it important not to cast Hollywood names.
Having like a group of unknown faces increased the realism of the film, he said.
We took a group of very young actors.
Roberto was 18 … they were very, very young.
Canessa went to on practice medicine and is now a noted pediatric cardiologist he saves lives.
Theres a way of living I learned in the mountains, theres a way of facing life.
And thats what I do with my patients.
I tell them we have a long walk and Ill be with you.
Check out the panel video above.
