El 13 de octubre de 1972, el vuelo 571 de la Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya, fletado para llevar a un equipo de rugby a Chile, se estrella en un glaciar en el corazón de los Andes.
Basada en una historia real, "Alive" narra la terrible experiencia de un grupo de jugadores del equipo nacional de rugby de Uruguay cuyo avión se estrelló en medio de los Andes en octubre de 1972. Aislados completamente, los días pasaban sin que nadie viniera a rescatarles, por lo que se vieron obligados a recurrir al canibalismo, comiéndose la carne de los compañeros fallecidos, mientras los más fuertes preparaban un viaje desesperado a través de las montañas.
Un equipo de ex soldados de las fuerzas especiales planea robar todo el dinero de la casa de un narcotraficante en la jungla del Amazonas, en la frontera de Perú, Brasil y Colombia. Pero los problemas surgen una vez iniciado el plan.
A girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed with healing powers. A shrine is built on the site, and a whole city grows around it, rich with gold from the grateful worshipers. Ruiz, an evil and sadistic general, captures the city, confiscates the gold, and closes the shrine. But the Gaucho, the charismatic leader of a band of outlaws, comes to the rescue.
Kelly Jordan and Andy Melton are former AAF fliers operating a cargo service over the South American mountain ranges in order to get enough money to return to Texas and buy a commercial line.
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
Donald is trying to collect a condor's egg when the condor returns. He hides inside an empty egg and regrets this when the large, warm mother returns. He regrets it even more when he "hatches" and mama encourages him to fly. And mama proves to be even more protective than Donald would like.
Un equipo de rugby uruguayo se estrella en la Cordillera de los Andes y tiene que sobrevivir a temperaturas extremadamente frías y un clima duro. A medida que algunas personas mueren, los supervivientes se ven obligados a tomar una terrible decisión entre el hambre y el canibalismo.
Otra obra maestra de Howard Hawks. Una joven americana llega haciendo escala a Barranca, un puerto sudamericano. Allí conocerá una pequeña gran familia de pilotos que arriesgan sus vidas llevando el correo con sus avionetas a través de las montañas.
Picchu is a story that follows the journey of an Andean girl named Mayu and the unconditional support of her mother. The path will not be simple. Mayu will rely on her determination and her mother's teachings to overcome her fears and doubts to fulfill her destiny. Picchu reflects the reality of many children around the world.
Mary y Robert, los hijos del capitán Grant, reciben un día la visita del profesor Panagel, que ha encontrado en una botella un mensaje del capitán. Organizan entonces una expedición para rescatar a su padre. Los jóvenes se verán envueltos en diversas y peligrosas aventuras: tendrán que enfrentarse a crueles indígenas, a traficantes de armas e incluso a las inclemencias de la Naturaleza.
The story, told by the survivors, of a group of young men, members of a Uruguayan rugby team, who managed to survive for 72 days, at an altitude of almost 4,000 meters, in the heart of the Andes Mountains, after their plane, en route to Chile, crashed there on October 13, 1972.
The story of an improbable friendship and a social comment on life in Bolivia in the eighties.
Bolivia's Climbing Cholitas - a group of indigenous women scaling the Andes Mountains, some of the highest peaks in the world. Shot in Bolivia for Vogue Latin America and Vogue Mexico's 20th anniversary cover story.
The communal justice system accuses Don Evaristo, 80 years old, of the murder of his granddaughter Yana-Wara, 13 years old. During the hearing, everyone learns the tragic story of this young girl.
Leandro Ipiña toma distancia de los puntos de vista que se abordaron anteriormente en este nuevo film sobre San Martín. Narrada por un anciano que en su juventud fue amanuense de San Martín y en el 1880 del relato malvive en una pensión, la película entrelaza el interés intimista de su narración con un despliegue visual de dimensiones avasallantes para cubrir ese primer cruce de Los Andes en el que San Martín se planteó la liberación de toda Sudamérica de los virreynatos.
History of the first ascent of Aconcagua by the south face in February 1954 by the French shock team led by René Ferlet and composed of Lucien Bérardini, Adrien Dagory, Edmond Denis, Pierre Lesueur, Robert Paragot and Guy Poulet. In seven days of combat, they extricate themselves from the mountain in a pitiful state; all except Robert Paragot will be victims of severe frostbite which earned them amputations, some important as for “Lulu” Bérardini who lost part of his left hand.
In 1972, a plane carrying an Uruguayan rugby team disappeared into the Argentinean Andes. Now, 50 years after one of the greatest ordeals of survival in recorded human history, the full story is finally comprehensively told through the words of each of those who lived it.
Ski Peru is the story of two skiers’ dream of descending the untamed slopes of Huascaran, although maybe 'Ski Peru and die' would be a more appropriate title given the tragic climax to Peter Chrzanowski’s Peruvian odyssey. Filmed long before today’s adrenaline charged ski videos on heavy 16mm movie cameras there is no heavy rock soundtrack, no helicopters, no roboskiers mainlining powder at Mach 5.0. It is a slow moving film that explores man’s relationship with the mountain and what it is to ski into the unknown.
The documentary follows an expedition led by the adventurer and photographer Jorge Juan Anhalzer, in the heart of the Llanganati, in search of the enormous Inca treasure hidden in the Ecuadorian mountains.