Touching The Void

Touching The Void is a 2003 adventure movie based on a true story on DVD directed by Kevin Macdonald.

May, 1985 – Peru. Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, ambitious young mountaineers, set off to scale the hitherto unclimbed West Face of Siula Grande, a remote and treacherous peak in the Peruvian Andes. Simpson and Yates reach the summit but shortly after starting the descent, an accident turns their daring expedition into a desperate fight for survival.

Based on Joe Simpson's inter­national bestseller, Touching The Void documents one of the most extraordinary true stories of human endurance of our time. Made by Kevin Macdonald, this gripping, inspiring film combines dramatic reconstructions of the fateful climb and interviews with the two men it nearly killed.

Critic Reviews:

• " In the right hands, a docudrama can deliver all the excitement, emotion and storytelling of the very best feature films – and director Kevin Macdonald has done that with startling clarity in the mountaineering adventure Touching the Void. " – Sheila Norman-Culp

• " “Touching the Void” towers above the rest of that rarest of all film genres, the docudrama. " – Cole Smithey

• " Touching the Void leaves you emotionally and physically spent, and grateful it was only a movie, not a mountain, you had to endure. " – David Ansen