From NetFlix:

Mixing interviews with dramatic re-enactments of the event, this gripping
docudrama retells the mountaineering trek gone awry of Simon Yates (Nicholas
Aaron) and Joe Simpson (Brendan Mackey). While climbing in the Andes,
Simpson falls and breaks his leg. Yates, who’s tethered to him, attempts
to lower him to safety but fails. He makes a pivotal decision that may or
may not save both of their lives. Was he right?

Mid-May 6 of us (wife Kathy, daugher Kate, her boyfriend Nigel, brother-in-law Jack, sister-in-law Nel, and I) had spent 2.5 hours walking up a mountain path in England’s Lake Discrict to the summit. Almost as soon as we started down, I stepped on what looked like firm soil only to have it collapse under me. My leg and ankle twisted, I heard a “pop” and felt pain. My first thought was “How will I ever get down this mountain ?” By putting my arms around the necks of Kate and Nigel I hopped down on one foot to an awaiting volunteer rescue team with ambulance. Upon returning to the U.S.A. I discovered I had broken my fibula. While helping me down Nigel tried to calm me by talking about the film “Touching the Void”.

So: contrast my minor inconvenience with the story in “Touching the Void”. It is a true and tensely scary story. In the filmed docudrama the three narrators are actors replacing the actual climbers. But it is not just talking heads. The horrors are re-enacted quite effectively. This is not a film for the squeamish. I was glued to my broken-bone sick-bed throughout. At the end you see photos of the real climbers as well as some printed notice of what happened later, including the controversy.

If you can stand it, don’t miss it!