

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Five lives bound by one fate.
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $24M
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- peru
- bridge
- period drama
- 18th century
- woman director
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France, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG10 Jun 2005
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP25 May 2005
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1226 May 2005
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1322 Jul 2005
SpainES
- Theatrical22 Dec 2004
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey was released on 22 December 2004.
Audience reviews
2- W7/10
Wuchak
12/8/2022
**_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…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
10/31/2026
When a rope bridge collapses killing a group of travellers, a local priest who barely survived himself decides to investigate just what happened to this group and to ascertain whether or not his God could have been directly involved in this tragedy. His subsequent investigations with their friends and family allows him, via some flashbacks, to begin to assemble a book on the lives of the Marquesa (Kathy Bates), her s…
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