Idris Elba & Kate Winslet Are Stranded in THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US Images May 31, 2017 Official stills from Oscar-nominated director Hany Abu-Assad’s latest offering, an adaptation of the 2011 romance-disaster novel by Charles Martin. Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a terrifying journey across hundreds of miles of wilderness, pushing one another to endure and igniting an unexpected attraction. Irish release date is October 2017.