7.4
Dutch
2021
“Five lives bound by one fate.”
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
December 22, 20042hEN
5.2
65 votes
Overview
In 1714 Peru, a friar is tried by the Spanish Inquisition for questioning God's intentions when five die in the collapse of an Andean rope bridge.
Director
Mary McGuckianWriters
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Free
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$24.0M
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Tribeca ProductionsPembridge PicturesScion FilmsMovisionSpice FactoryDavis Films
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Wuchak
7.0**_Thematically heavy costume drama (too weighty for the average viewer)_** In 1714, five people fall to their deaths in the Andes when an "indestructible" rope-bridge breaks and Franciscan monk Brother Juniper (Gabriel Byrne) becomes obsessed with the tragedy, collecting personal notes on all the victims and writing a book on his conclusions: Five people, all dying of the same cause at the same instant, cannot be mere coincidence in an understandable human universe. He's put on trial by the Inquisition (which was running Spain and Peru at the time) for humanly trying to second-guess an Act…
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