May, 1985 peru, joe simpson and simon yates, ambitious young mountaineers, set off to scale the hitherto unclimbed west face of siula granfe, a remote and treacherous peak in the peruvian andes'. '.strtoupper('s')impson and yates reach the summit but shortly after starting the descent, an accident turns their daring expedition into a desperate fight for survival'. '.strtoupper('b')ased on joe simpson's international bestseller, touching the void documents one of the most extraordinary true stories of human endurance of our time'. '.strtoupper('m')ade by the academy award ® winning director kevin macdonald, this gripping inspiring film combines dramatic reconstructions of the fateful climb and interviews with the two men it nearly killed.