Overview
Synopsis by theflixtor - 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
Brother Juniper
Viceroy of Peru
The Marquesa
Archbishop of Peru
Uncle Pio
Camila Villegas (La Perichola)
Manuel
Esteban
Pepita
The Abbess
His Excellency's Fop
Captain Alvarado