Touching the Void

Touching the Void

2003 · 106 min · EN · R · 7.5 (361 votes)
Dir. Kevin Macdonald · Starring Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Ollie Ryall, Joe Simpson, Richard Hawking, Simon Yates · Music Alex Heffes

The closer you are to death. The more you realize you are alive.

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The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

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A raw, unflinching look at the brutal beauty of extreme mountaineering. It's a visceral, heart-pounding testament to human will against impossible odds, leaving you breathless and profoundly moved.

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