Mario, who lives a happy life with his family, works at a mine in Chile’s Atacama Desert, excavating for copper and gold. On a day shift around lunchtime, he and his 32 fellow miners feel something strange while they are working 700 meters below the earth’s surface. Suddenly, they hear an explosion when a single block of huge stone twice the size of the Empire State Building broken off from the rest of mountain causing a collapse of mountain above it. As their possible way out is completely blocked, they realize they have no choice but to fight for survival on their own. Based on the gripping real-life survival story that captivated the world’s attention, The 33 follows the never-before-told personal journeys and miraculous events surrounding the collapse of the Chilean gold and copper mine and the subsequent retrieval and rescue of all 33 miners after being buried alive for 69 days.