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Andes Plane Crash

2024 · 1 season

A sober, harrowing retelling that weighs heavily, letting survivors' voices carry the awe and dread of an impossible ordeal.

Created by: Oliver Price
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Nando Parrado, José Luis Inciarte Vázquez, Eduardo Strauch

Overview: This three-part series tells the extraordinary story of human survival against all the odds, told by those who lived to tell the tale.

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Created by: Oliver Price
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Nando Parrado, José Luis Inciarte Vázquez, Eduardo Strauch

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
death
grief
faith
trauma
Places: wilderness
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	5
Humour	1
Realism	10
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: documentary
Created by: Oliver Price
Starring: Nando Parrado, José Luis Inciarte Vázquez, Eduardo Strauch, Roy Álex Harley Sánchez, Adolfo Luis Strauch Urioste, Soledad González Mullin, Ruaridh Aldington, Michael Kodi Farrow
Cinematography: Simon August
Length: 1 seasons, 3 episodes, 45 min each
Network: 5
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English, Spanish

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