A Glean movie pick

Touching the Void

Name: Touching the Void
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Genre: Documentary, Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: 2003-09-05
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Ollie Ryall, Joe Simpson, Richard Hawking

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

2003
1h 46m
Documentary
Action
Adventure
★ 7.6

Directed by Kevin Macdonald

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The story

About Touching the Void

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.

Faces in the story

Top cast

Brendan Mackey

Joe Simpson

Nicholas Aaron

Simon Yates

Ollie Ryall

Richard Hawking

Joe Simpson

Himself

Richard Hawking

Himself

Simon Yates

Himself