Touching the Void

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"This holds an exalted place in True/False lore, the film that started it all. We were getting in way over our head starting a festival when we read about Kevin Macdonald premiering this in Telluride in 2003. We sent a passionate note to Kevin (the first of many such notes), saying that his film sounded like it had the ingredients of what we were imagining T/F would become. And our hunch was correct. Now a big-deal fiction director, Kevin’s never lost his affinity with the documentary world." -- Paul Sturtz and David Wilson, True/False Film Fest Programmers

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Release Date:	Jan 23, 2004
Running Time:	106 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

synopsis

In 1985, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, young and skilled climbers, set out to climb the west face of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes, a feat that had previously been attempted but never achieved. Disaster strikes when Joe falls a short distance and breaks several bones in his leg. With no hope of rescue, the men decided to attempt the descent together with Yates lowering Simpson 300 feet at a time in a slow, painful process that could have potentially been deadly for both. An unforgettable experience directed by Kevin Macdonald (Oscar-winner ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER).