The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Synopsis

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 novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928.

Main Cast

Gabriel Byrne

Brother Juniper

Age : 69 | Popularity : 14%

F. Murray Abraham

Viceroy of Peru

Age : 80 | Popularity : 12%

Kathy Bates

The Marquesa

Age : 71 | Popularity : 20%

Robert De Niro

Archbishop of Peru

Age : 76 | Popularity : 38%

Harvey Keitel

Uncle Pio

Age : 80 | Popularity : 13%

Pilar López de Ayala

Camila Villegas (La Perichola)

Age : 41 | Popularity : 4%

Mark Polish

Manuel

Age : 49 | Popularity : 3%

Michael Polish

Esteban

Age : 49 | Popularity : 7%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Novel	Thornton Wilder
	Writer	Mary McGuckian
Directing	Director	Mary McGuckian
Sound	Original Music Composer	Lalo Schifrin
Camera	Director of Photography	Javier Aguirresarobe
Department	Role	Name

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