Touching the Void (2003)

Directed by

Kevin Macdonald

Genre

documentary film, drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

R

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 461 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Mountaineers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates attempt the first successful climb of a treacherous peak in the Peruvian Andes. On the descent, an accident leaves Joe with a broken leg and Simon is forced to make an impossible choice to survive.

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What happens

Touching the Void is a 2003 survival documentary film directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, and Ollie Ryall. The plot concerns Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' near-fatal descent after making the first successful ascent of the West Face of Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes, in 1985. It is based on Simpson's 1988 book of the same name. Critically acclaimed, Touching the Void was listed in PBS's "100 Greatest Documentaries of All Time". The Guardian described it as "the most successful documentary in British cinema history". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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