The Bridge of San Luis Rey Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mary McGuckian
Genres: Drama
Rating:
Thornton_Wilder's award-winning novel is given a lavish screen adaptation in this historical drama from writer and director Mary McGuckian. In Peru in 1714, a rickety bridge collapsed as five people were attempting to cross, forcing them to plunge to their deaths. Brother Fray Juniper (Gabriel_Byrne) is a Franciscan monk who has been given the duty of looking into the tragedy by the archbishop of Lima (Robert_De_Niro), and to learn what he can about the victims. It is Juniper's belief that these particular people died for some reason, and that it is his duty to determine why God chose these five people to perish, while others in the vicinity survived. After five years, Juniper delivers his findings to the archbishop as well as the viceroy of Peru (F._Murray_Abraham), as Juniper tells them of the lives of the troubled Dona Maria (Kathy_Bates), the nun Pepita (Adriana_Dominguez), warm-hearted Uncle Pio (Harvey_Keitel), street kid-turned-actress La Perichola (Pilar Lopez de Ayala), and others involved in the tragedy. The Bridge of San Luis Rey also features Geraldine_Chaplin, John_Lynch, and brothers Mark_Polish and Michael_Polish. Mark Deming, Rovi
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