Leaving Africa vs Touching the Void
Touching the Void has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 1/10 for Leaving Africa). Leaving Africa is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 46m. Touching the Void is the older of the two (2003 against 2015). Both are documentary, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Leaving Africa
Touching the Void| Leaving Africa | Touching the Void | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 1.0/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 24m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Documentary, Drama | Action, Adventure, Documentary, Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Iiris Härmä | Kevin Macdonald |
| Main cast | – | Nicholas Aaron, Brendan Mackey, Ollie Ryall, Joe Simpson, Richard Hawking |
Synopsis
Leaving Africa
Riitta and Catherine live together in Uganda. By day the two sixtysomethings provide sexual health and equality education for Catholics, Muslims and Anglicans alike. By night they smoke, do crosswords and don’t shy away from frank discussions. Riitta's long career empowering women in Africa is coming to a close, but Ugandan government is trying their best to shut down their sex-ed program during her last months in Africa.
Touching the Void
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.
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