The Snow Society is, to a large extent, a film about religious taboo. Faith gives these castaways the spirit of solidarity they need to survive, but it also puts them in a destructive dilemma.

The church scene puts religion at the center and takes away the secular universality of moral anguish. With God dead and the homeland diluted, individualism and life without roots or strong community ties make this era fertile in millenarianisms, gurus and transcendent emotions that give meaning to the daily acceleration.