The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
Five lives bound by one fate.
Starring Gabriel Byrne, F. Murray Abraham, Kathy Bates
Directed by Mary McGuckian
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. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928.
Runtime: 120 min.
Rating: 5.2
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: France,Spain,United Kingdom
Genres: Drama,Romance
Keywords: based on novel or book,bridge,peru,period drama,18th century,woman director,collapse
Cast
Brother Juniper
Viceroy of Peru
The Marquesa
Archbishop of Peru
Uncle Pio
Camila Villegas (La Perichola)
Manuel
Esteban
Pepita
The Abbess
His Excellency's Fop
Captain Alvarado
Doña Clara
Dona Clara's Husband
The King of Spain