

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
Overview
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.
Overview
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.

Gabriel Byrne
Brother Juniper

F. Murray Abraham
Viceroy of Peru

Kathy Bates
The Marquesa

Robert De Niro
Archbishop of Peru

Harvey Keitel
Uncle Pio

Pilar López de Ayala
Camila Villegas (La Perichola)

Mark Polish
Manuel

Michael Polish
Esteban