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Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
Zeitgeist Films
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated
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. (Zeigeist Films)
| GENRE(S): |
Documentary
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Gonzalo Arijon
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Gonzalo Arijon
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: October 22, 2008
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| RUNNING TIME: |
130 minutes, Black and White | Color |
| ORIGIN: |
France |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
Spanish |
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100
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
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.
91
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
At just over two hours, Stranded is nonstop harrowing. It has cumulative power.
90
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
An exceptional film, at once disturbing and elevating, deliberate yet powerful.
90
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
Intimate, terrifying and positively riveting documentary.
90
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
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.
88
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Grueling yet ultimately exhilarating.
88
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Remarkable documentary filmmaking, unflinching and full of unlikely grace.
88
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
So powerful is Stranded that when the lucky few finally make their way back to civilization, you feel as thrilled as if they were your own loved ones.
83
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Noel Murray
Arijon's choice to film the survivors returning to the Andes with their children pays huge dividends, leading to an ending that puts the real meaning of their ordeal in moving terms.
80
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Gonzalo Arijón’s documentary offers an incontrovertible argument for the necessity of team spirit in the face of catastrophe.
75
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
At once scary and stirring.
75
San Francisco Chronicle
Leba Hertz
Not for the faint of heart.
70
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Combines the derring-do of classic adventure tales with far more serious issues of moral agency. And it serves as a haunting reminder to seek joy and beauty, even in the depths of despair.
70
Variety
John Anderson
A documentary constructed from re-enactments, talking heads and no actual footage of the story it tells, but that still packs a knock-out punch.
40
Village Voice
Vadim Rizov
The film's length may well be intended to mirror the 72-day ordeal, but it's relentlessly wearing and lacking in nutritive fiber.
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