Roberto Canessa
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Roberto Jorge Canessa Urta is a Uruguayan paediatric cardiologist, motivational speaker, and former rugby player. He is one of the sixteen survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash in the
Roberto Canessa in 2010
Parrado (left) and Canessa with Chilean Huaso Sergio Catalan (the man who found them), 1972
Roberto shortly after being rescued
Roberto Canessa, Fernando Parrado, and Carlos Páez Rodríguez attend the Venice premiere of the film "Society of the Snow" in 2023.
Alive (1993 film)
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Alive is a 1993 American survival drama film directed by Frank Marshall, and based on Piers Paul Read's 1974 book Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors. It is the second feature film about the Urugu
Roberto Canessa
…of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash in the Andes mountains on 13 October 1972. He was portrayed by Josh Hamilton in the 1993 feature film Alive and by Argentine actor Matías Recalt in the 2023 Spanish feature film Society of the Snow. Canessa Urta was born in Montevideo on 17 January 1953, the…
Theatrical release poster