Touching the void
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"As close the death,
as viable you are."
It is a real close-to-death story of two climbers, happening on the west side of the Andes in Peru. Two young climbers Simon and Joe are trying to climb an untouched peak in 1985, named Siula Grande, which is higher than 7000 meters. They left behind a third person in the base camp . The fightful attempt ends with success but on the way back Joe had a fall because of the strong wind and broke his leg. Simon let his injured fellow down with a 300 foots long rope step-by-step but because of Simon's wrong decision, Joe was descended to a place, so low that he cut himself from the possibility to raise back again, therefore Simson cut the rope.
Joe fell into an ice-gully but Simon carried on climbing down from the mountain alone. He thought that he killed his friend, but Joe survived hanged on a ledge. He had to go down alone without any help.
The Oscar award director ryes to show the dramatic fight of the climber with great success. Both climbers come back to the foot of the mountain again in order to remember back what had happened at the edge of death.
Touching the void
Genre: drama
Time:: 106 min
Released by:
INTERSONIC International Film Distributor Ltd.
399-1512; 30/334-2066
Directed: Kevin Macdonald
on the base of Joe Simpson's bestseller.
Actors:
Simon Yates Nicolas Aaron
Joe Simpson Brendan Mackey
Richard Hawkling Ollie Ryall
Simon Yates himself
Joe Simpson himself
Richard Hawkling himself
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