The Bridge of San Luis Rey 2004

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.

Cast:

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)