''Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains'' is a 2007 documentary film which tells the story of a rugby team from
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
whose plane,
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571,
crashed in the
Andes mountains
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the List of mountain ranges#Mountain ranges by length, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range i ...
on October 13, 1972. The documentary recounts their struggle to survive for 72 days.
Interviews (survivors, family, friends)
*Jose Algorta (as José Pedro Algorta)
*Laura Canessa
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Roberto Canessa
Roberto Jorge Canessa Urta, M.D., (born 17 January 1953) is one of the 16 survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on 13 October 1972, and a Uruguayan political figure. He was portrayed by Josh Hamilt ...
*Juan Catalan
*Sergio Catalan
*Alfredo “Pancho” Delgado
*Daniel Fernandez
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Roberto François
*Roy Harley
*Jose Luis “Coche” Inciarte
*Alvaro Mangino
*Jorge Massa
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Javier Methol
*Juan Pedro Nicola
*Mateo Nicola
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Carlos Páez Rodríguez
Carlos "Carlitos" Miguel Páez Rodríguez (born October 31, 1953), known as "the man of the iron spirit", spent 72 days in the Andes following a plane crash, during which the sixteen survivors of the 45 on board resorted to cannibalism to stay ali ...
*Madelón Rodríguez
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Nando Parrado
*Ramón Sabella
*Adolfo Strauch
*Alejandra Strauch
*Eduardo Strauch
*Rosina Strauch
*Antonio “Tintin” Vizintín
*Lucas Zerbino Payssé
*Martín Zerbino Payssé
*Sebastián Zerbino Payssé
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Gustavo Zerbino
Critical reception
On Metacritic, it received a weighted score of 82 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating “universal acclaim.”
See also
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Survival film
The survival film is a film genre in which one or more characters make an effort at physical survival. It often overlaps with other film genres. It is a subgenre of the adventure film, along with swashbuckler films, war films, and safari films. S ...
, about the film genre, with a list of related films
References
External links
Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Surviors PBS site
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2007 films
Documentary films about aviation accidents or incidents
Documentary films about Uruguay
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
Works about cannibalism
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