The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Five lives bound by one fate.
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 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.
Genre: Drama, Romance, History
Actor: Gabriel Byrne, F. Murray Abraham, Kathy Bates, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Pilar López de Ayala, Mark Polish, Michael Polish, Adriana Domínguez, Geraldine Chaplin
Director: Mary McGuckian
Country: France, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America
Produced By: Tribeca Productions, Pembridge Pictures, Scion Films, Movision, Spice Factory, Davis Films, Metropolitan Filmexport, Fine Line Features, KanZaman Productions, Senator International, Pembridge PIctures, Kanzaman
Runtime: 120
Release: 2004
Rating: 5.1 out of 10
Language: English, en,
Views: 345
Content Rating:PG
Quality: DVD
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