The Bridge of San Luis Rey

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. The Bridge of San Luis Rey featuring Gabriel Byrne and F. Murray Abraham is not currently available to stream, rent, or buy but you can add it to your want to see list for updates. It's a drama and romance movie with a less than average IMDb audience rating of 5.0 (3,711 votes).