The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
Direction
Macdonald blends documentary and recreation seamlessly.
Cinematography
Peru's mountains shot with gorgeous, terrifying scale.
Acting
Real survivors narrate; actors embody their agony perfectly.
Director
Kevin Macdonald
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Joe Simpson hated early screenings because audiences laughed at his hallucination scenes; he found nothing funny about nearly dying.
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