The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)

12/22/2004 (FR) • 2h

Romance, Drama

Five lives bound by one fate.

Overview

The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope-fiber suspension bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. A friar who has witnessed the tragic accident then goes about inquiring into the lives of the victims, seeking some sort of cosmic answer to the question of why each had to die.

Top Billed Cast

Gabriel Byrne

Brother Juniper

F. Murray Abraham

Viceroy of Peru

Kathy Bates

The Marquesa

Robert De Niro

Archbishop of Peru

Harvey Keitel

Uncle Pio

Pilar López de Ayala

Camila Villegas (La Perichola)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$24,000,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

based on novel or book

peru

bridge

period drama

18th century

woman director

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