Set in the early 1980s, the story follows (Radcliffe), who, after completing his mandatory military service, travels to South America in search of authentic experience. In La Paz, Bolivia, he befriends Swiss teacher Marcus Stamm (Joel Jackson) and American photographer Kevin Gale (Alex Russell).
The 2017 biographical survival thriller is a visceral, high-stakes exploration of the human spirit’s resilience against the indifferent cruelty of nature. Directed by Greg McLean (known for the Wolf Creek series) and starring Daniel Radcliffe , the film dramatizes the harrowing true-life ordeal of Israeli adventurer Yossi Ghinsberg, who spent three weeks lost in an uncharted part of the Bolivian Amazon in 1981. Plot Summary: A Dream Turned Nightmare