Touching the Void

Touching the Void

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

2003106 min7.6 / 10

A harrowing true-survival documentary that interweaves intimate interviews with dramatic reenactment to explore the razor's edge between life and death on a mountain.

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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