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Synopsis

It is one of the most astonishing and inspiring survival tales of all time. On October 13, 1972, a young rugby team from Montevideo, Uruguay, boarded a plane for a match in Chile—and then vanished into thin air. Two days before Christmas, 16 of the 45 passengers miraculously resurfaced. They had managed to survive for 72 days after their plane crashed on a remote Andean glacier. Thirty-five years later, the survivors returned to the crash site—known as the Valley of Tears—to recount their harrowing story of defiant endurance and indestructible friendship. Previously documented in the 1973 worldwide bestseller “Alive” (and the 1993 Ethan Hawke movie of the same name), this shocking true story finally gets the cinematic treatment it deserves. Visually breathtaking and crafted with riveting detail by documentary filmmaker (and childhood friend of the survivors) Gonzalo Arijon with a masterful combination of on-location interviews, archival footage and reenactments; Stranded is by turns hauntingly powerful and spiritually moving.

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Film Information

• Genre: Documentary
• Director: Gonzalo Arijon
• Written By: Gonzalo Arijon
• Running Time: 115 minutes, approx.
• MPAA Rating: NR
• Language: Spanish with English Subtitles

Reviews

"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."

   - Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

"At just over two hours, Stranded is nonstop harrowing. It has cumulative power."

   - Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

"An exceptional film, at once disturbing and elevating, deliberate yet powerful."

   - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

"Intimate, terrifying and positively riveting documentary."

   - Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

"Despite all the horror and anguish, the film ends on a note of serene acceptance, deep gratitude toward the dead, and wonder at the unlikely miracle of life."

   - J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader

Showtimes

• Friday, March 13th
  6:45 pm, 9:30 pm
• Saturday, March 14th
  4:45 pm, 7:30 pm
• Sunday, March 15th
  2:00 pm, 4:45 pm
• Monday, March 16th
  6:45 pm, 9:30 pm
• Tuesday, March 17th
  6:45 pm, 9:30 pm
• Wednesday, March 18th
  6:30 pm, 9:15 pm
• Thursday, March 19th
  6:45 pm, 9:30 pm