Touching the Void (2003)
docudrama · 106 min · United Kingdom, United States
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald
Set in: Siula Grande, Cordillera Huayhuash, Peruvian Andes (1985)
Joe Simpson and Simon Yates recount their 1985 climb of Siula Grande in Peru and Simpson's survival after a fall on the descent.
BAFTA Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
Where it was filmed
- Siula Grande
Cordillera Huayhuash · Peru
dramatised reconstructions shot on the actual mountain; Simpson and Yates returned there in 2002
- Swiss Alps
Switzerland
reconstruction scenes in snowstorms (no specific site named)
Filming locations as stated in the sources below. The story may be set somewhere else.
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