The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004·United Kingdom·124 min.
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When The Bridge of San Luis Rey breaks, five travellers are precipitated into the gulf below. Was it chance or the hand of God that brought these five together at that fatal time in that place? Or were they in some way responsible, themselves, for what happened? These questions are raised with uncynical compassion and answered by Wilder with an indirect affirmation of the power of love. Set in early 18th century Peru at the height of the Spanish Inquisition, this timeless story of delicately interwoven lives traverses worlds as diverse as the theatres, convents, brothels and docks of Lima, Peru to the sea-faring explorations, scientific institutions and courts of Madrid, Spain.
DirectorMary McGuckian
MusicLalo Schifrin
CinematographyJavier Aguirresarobe
CastRobert De Niro·Kathy Bates·Harvey Keitel·Gabriel Byrne·Pilar López de Ayala·Geraldine Chaplin·F. Murray Abraham·Émilie Dequenne·Adriana Domínguez·Samuel Le Bihan·John Lynch·Dominique Pinon·Mark Polish·Jim SheridanShow all
Original titleThe Bridge of San Luis Rey