Written & Directed by: Mary McGuckian

Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Kathy Bates, Gabriel Byrne, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert De Niro, Emilie Dequenne, Adriana Dominguez, Harvey Keitel, Samuel Le Bihan, Pilar Lopez de Ayala, John Lynch, Dominique Pinon, Mark Polish, Michael Polish, Jim Sheridan

When The Bridge of San Luis Rey mysteriously collapses, five travellers are precipitated into the deep gorge below. Was it chance or the hand of God that brought these five together at that fatal moment on the bridge? Or were they, themselves, responsible in some way for what happened? These questions are raised with compassion and answered by Wilder with an indirect affirmation of the power of love.

Set in early 18th century Peru at the height of the Spanish Inquisition, this timeless story chronicles the intertwined life stories of the victims, taking us through worlds as diverse as the theatres, convents, brothels and docks of Lima, Peru, to sea-faring explorations patronised by the courts of Madrid, Spain.