Touching the Void
2003 · Movie · R · 106 min · ★ 7.6 · 88% critics
Based on true events, the film follows two climbers attempting a dangerous ascent in the Peruvian Andes and the struggle that follows when the descent goes disastrously wrong. Through interviews and reenactments, it chronicles their fight for survival in harsh mountain conditions.
Based on Touching the Void
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Details
- Years
- 2003
- Release date
- 2003-09-05
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (460 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a harrowing true survival story with interviews and reenactments in the mountains; Not for you if graphic scenes or extreme climbing subjects make you uneasy, and it may feel similar in spirit to Meru or The Dawn Wall.
Pros: riveting real survival tale; tense and gripping; strong perseverance theme | Cons: some scenes graphic; some find it slow; may be hard to watch
Themes
- rescue
- based on novel or book
- sports
- peru
- mountaineer
- based on true story
- climbing
- mountaineering
- andes mountains
- cordillera huayhuash
- alpinism
- near fatal accidents
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Brendan Mackey
as Joe Simpson
Nicholas Aaron
as Simon Yates
Ollie Ryall
as Richard Hawking
- JS
Joe Simpson
as Himself
- RH
Richard Hawking
as Himself
- SY
Simon Yates
as Himself
Directed by Kevin Macdonald