Touching the Void

Based On the book by Joe Simpson

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".

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Release date:

2003

Director:

Kevin Macdonald

Cast:

Joe Simpson, Simon Yates, Nicholas Aaron

Genre:

Drama, Documentary

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Year page:

2003 in adaptations