The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

120 mins | Drama, Romance | Jan. 1, 2004

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 Bridge of San Luis Rey

120 mins | Drama, Romance | Jan. 1, 2004

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
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.
IMDb rating 5.0
Producers Fine Line Features, Davis-Films, Spice Factory, Movision, Kanzaman, Pembridge PIctures, Scion Films, Tribeca Productions, Metropolitan Films
Original title The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Directors Mary McGuckian
Writers Mary McGuckian, Thornton Wilder

Cast

Gabriel Byrne

as Brother Juniper

F. Murray Abraham

as Viceroy of Peru

Kathy Bates

as The Marquesa

Robert De Niro

as Archbishop of Peru

Harvey Keitel

as Uncle Pio

Pilar López de Ayala

as Camila Villegas (La Perichola)

Mark Polish

as Manuel

Michael Polish

as Esteban

Adriana Domínguez

as Pepita

Geraldine Chaplin

as The Abbess

Dominique Pinon

as His Excellency's Fop

John Lynch

as Captain Alvarado

Émilie Dequenne

as Doña Clara

Samuel Le Bihan

as Dona Clara's Husband

Jim Sheridan

as The King of Spain