J. A. Bayona’s survival film to close out Venice Festival

Set in 1972, “Society of the Snow” follows the story of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which had been chartered to fly a rugby team to Chile but crashed in the heart of the Andes. Only 29 of its 45 passengers survived the accident.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/venice-film-festival-closing-film-society-of-the-snow-ja-bayone-1235541825/

Hold on. Isn’t that the same backstory as the other plane crash movie ‘Alive’.