TOUCHING THE VOID
synopsis
Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, undertook a climb in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. The two young and ambitious mountaineers set off to scale the hitherto unclimbed west face of Siula Grande, a remote and treacherous 21,000ft peak. Starting the descent through a blizzard, Simpson fell, shattering his leg. An heroic battle for survival unfolded in which both men were faced with life or death decisions which test the human spirit to its limit.
international title: | Touching The Void |
original title: | Touching The Void |
country: | United Kingdom |
sales agent: | Pathé Pictures International |
year: | 2003 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Kevin Macdonald |
film run: | 106' |
release date: | FR 11/02/2004 |
screenplay: | Joe Simpson |
cast: | Joe Simpson, Simon Yates, Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron |
cinematography by: | Mike Eley |
film editing: | Justine Wright |
art director: | Patrick Bill |
costumes designer: | Patrick Bill |
music: | Alex Heffes |
producer: | John Smithson |
production: | Darlow Smithson Productions |