May 8-14
Stranded
Dir: Gonzalo Arijón, France, (2008), 113 min.
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Gonzalo Arijón’s documentary, “Stranded” offers an argument for the necessity of team spirit in the face of catastrophe. Without it, the 16 survivors in a 1972 plane crash in the Andes that decimated a Uruguayan rugby team wouldn’t have made it through 72 days in a frigid wilderness with scant provisions. To stay alive the passengers eventually resorted to cannibalism, consuming the flesh of friends and loved ones who had died in the crash. In “Stranded,” all 16 of the survivors, now middle-aged, tell the story in their own words. As days passed, they could hear on a radio that the air search for them was being abandoned because of bad weather. Their only hope was to dispatch the hardiest on an expedition to scale the mountains and find civilization. Fernando Parrado and Roberto Canessa hiked 44 miles over peaks more than 13,000 feet high until they discovered signs of civilization. Three days before Christmas, they were spotted by a Chilean shepherd, who remembers, “They smelled of the grave; no animal would go near them.” As the rescue is undertaken via helicopter, you may find yourself on the verge of tears.
Stephen Holden, NY Times
The Mesilla Valley Film Society at the Fountain Theatre
Located in the Fountain Theatre, one block south of the plaza, at 2469 Calle de Guadalupe, Mesilla, NM.
Regular Show Times:
Evenings at 7:30
Sundays at 2:30 and 7:30
Ticket Prices:
Regular - $7.00
Senior/Student - $6.00
Member - $5.00
Child - $5.00
Wednesdays - $5.00
CineMatinee:
Saturday at 1:30 ($4 Regular, $1 Member)
Special Showings
Times and admission price as announced.
Telephone: (575) 524-8287
