#gustavo nicolich

[if-not-now-tell-me-when]

A letter from Gustavo "Coco" Nicolich, a 21-year-old veterinary student and player on the Old Christian's First 15. This letter was written on the 22nd of October, shortly after the survivors made the devastating decision to begin consuming the dead bodies of their friends and teammates in order to survive.

Coco, a devout Catholic, wrote that "For my part, I asked God in everything possible that this day would never come, but it came, and we have to face it with courage and faith. Faith because I have arrived at the conclusion that the bodies are there because God has put them there, and since the only thing that matters is the soul, I don't have to have great remorse and that if the day came and I could save somebody with my body, I would gladly do it."

His words proved to devastatingly prophetic, as he perished seven days later in the avalanche that carried away eight of the remaining survivors.

Coco's letters were carried home by his friend and teammate Gustavo Zerbino, and they brought great comfort to his family. One of his letters was displayed by his mother, Raquel Arocena de Nicolich, on her bedside table until her death.

[thepermanentrainpress]

The Permanent Rain Press Interview with Blas Polidori. (Watch in HD)

Blas Polidori chats about his role as Gustavo "Coco" Nicolich in Society of the Snow (La sociedad de la nieve), including understanding who Coco was through his family and letters, filming, and working with the cast and creators, dream roles, and his modelling career.

[nero-neptune]

“When I went on the expedition with Numa Turcatti and Daniel Maspons, climbing up the mountain, I took the necklaces and chains of each dead person we found. I took every watch, every ID card, all the papers they may have had in their bags: letters, notes, messages, lists, directions, desires, names, loves. I did the same for all of them. I found Carlos Valeta’s chain, which I gave to his parents. I found the letter Gustavo Nicolich wrote to his girlfriend Rosina, the letter from Arturo Nogueira to his parents, his brothers, and his girlfriend. All that history, all those lives which were cut short on the mountain, I carried in a bag. With time that little bag was getting bulky. I had to organise it – here are all the watches and medals, there the letters and documents, the more intimate and personal papers. When that little bag was too full I transferred it to a larger bag, containing the belongings of twenty-nine amputated lives … After [we left], nobody remained up on that icy mountain, nobody at all, because I carried them all away with me.” – “The Dented Cross with the Broken Arm: Gustavo Zerbino” from Society of the Snow: The Definitive Account of the World’s Greatest Survival Story by Pablo Vierci

LA SOCIEDAD DE LA NIEVE | SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (2023) dir. J. A. Bayona

[miracleintheandes]

(Part of) The cast of Society of the Snow and their real life counterparts

Credits to 'Grupo Re-Viven! La Tragedia de Los Andes - El Milagro de Los Andes' on Facebook

Marcelo Perez del Castillo (actor: Diego Vegezzi)

Gustavo Nicolich (actor: Blas Polidori)

Roy Harley (actor: Andy Pruss)

Daniel Maspons (actor: Santiago Vaca Narvaja)

José Luis "Coche" Inciarte (actor: Simón Hempe)

Pedro Algorta (actor: Luciano Chatton)

Rafael Echavarren (actor: Benjamín Segura)

Alvaro Mangino (actor: Juan Caruso)

Daniel Fernandez (actor: Francisco Romero)

Numa Turcatti (actor: Enzo Vogrincic)

Pancho Delgado (actor: Valentino Alonso)

Enrique Platero (actor: Federico Aznarez)

Antonio Vizintin (actor: Agustín Della Corte)

[luceracastro]

One of my many Roman empires will forever be Gustavo “Coco” Nicolich and his girlfriend Rossina

They had a future together bro………….

[prepperssinfronteras]

“Antes del día 10 estábamos en actitud de espera, pero cuando avisaron que cancelarían la búsqueda,  Gustavo Nicolich dijo: ‘Te tengo una buena noticia, ya no nos buscan. Eso quiere decir que ahora dependemos de nosotros y no de los de fuera para vivir’” "#Before #day 10 we were in an #attitude of waiting, but when they #warned that they would cancel the #search, Gustavo Nicolich said: 'I have good news for you, they are not looking for us anymore. That means that now we depend on #ourselves and not on outsiders to #live'" #prepper #preppers #prepperssinfronteras https://www.instagram.com/p/BtynLZfhzrT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17o6rdd82r805

[miracleintheandes]

All 24 deceased passengers (missing the 5 members of the crew)

From left to right

Top row:

Alexis Hounié, 20

Diego Storm. 20

Daniel Shaw, 24

Enrique Platero, 22

Marcelo Pérez del Castillo, 25

Dr. Francisco Nicola, 40

Esther Nicola, 40

Gustavo Nicolich, 20

Middle row:

Gastón Costemalle, 23

Carlos Valeta, 18

Eugenia Parrado, 50

Susana Parrado, 20

Daniel Maspons, 20

Numa Turcatti, 25

Liliana Methol, 34

Francisco Abal, 21

Bottom row:

Felipe Maquirriain, 22

Graciela Mariani, 43

Juan Carlos Menéndez, 22

Guido Magri, 23

Fernando Vázquez, 20

Arturo Nogueira, 21

Rafael Echavarren, 22

Julio Martínez-Lamas, 24

Dr. and Mrs. Nicola were the team's doctor and his wife

Mrs. Mariani had nothing to do with the team. She was on her way to her daughter's wedding in Chile and booked a seat on the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 because it was cheaper than a regular flight.