---
title: 'Touching the Void (2003)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kevin Macdonald'
released: '2003-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/touching-the-void-2003'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379557/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Touching the Void (2003)

2003 · 106 min · Documentary, Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Touching the Void is a 2003 survival documentary film directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, and Ollie Ryall. The plot concerns Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' near-fatal descent after making the first successful ascent of the West Face of Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes, in 1985. It is based on Simpson's 1988 book of the same name.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Joe Simpson](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-simpson)
- **Director:** [Kevin Macdonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-macdonald)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alex Heffes](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-heffes)
- **Producer:** [John Smithson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-smithson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mike Eley](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-eley)
- **Editor:** [Justine Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/justine-wright)

## Cast

- [Joe Simpson](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-simpson)
- [Simon Yates](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-yates)
- [Nicholas Aaron](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-aaron)

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