The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004 · Movie · PG · 120 min · ★ 5.2 · 15% critics
After a deadly rope-bridge collapse in 18th-century Peru, a friar investigates the five victims’ lives to understand whether the tragedy was fate or chance. His search for meaning draws him into conflict with powerful religious authorities, as the story moves between a tense trial and intimate glimpses of love, loss, and devotion.
Based on The Bridge of San Luis Rey
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Details
- Years
- 2004
- Release date
- 2004-12-22
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 15/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.2/10 (65 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like reflective, dialogue-driven period dramas about faith, fate, and love, with an ornate, theatrical feel; Not for you if you want fast pacing, clear storytelling, or easy answers like in The Celestine Prophecy.
Pros: big-name cast; rich period costumes; thoughtful themes | Cons: slow pacing; confusing structure; heavy dialogue
Themes
- based on novel or book
- peru
- bridge
- period drama
- 18th century
- woman director
Cast & crew
Gabriel Byrne
as Brother Juniper
F. Murray Abraham
as Viceroy of Peru
Kathy Bates
as The Marquesa
Robert De Niro
as Archbishop of Peru
Harvey Keitel
as Uncle Pio
Pilar López de Ayala
as Camila Villegas (La Perichola)
Mark Polish
as Manuel
Michael Polish
as Esteban
- AD
Adriana Domínguez
as Pepita
Geraldine Chaplin
as The Abbess
Directed by Mary McGuckian