The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Movie PG 5.0 2004 120 min

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.

Country:

France

Genre:

Drama, Romance

Year:

2004

Director:

Mary McGuckian

Stars:

F. Murray Abraham, Gabriel Byrne, Kathy Bates

Tags:

18th century, based on novel or book, bridge, period drama, peru