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22/12/2004 Romance, Drama 2h 0m
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Five lives bound by one fate.

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.

  1. Mary McGuckian

    Writer, Director

Top billed cast

  1. Gabriel Byrne

    Brother Juniper

  2. F. Murray Abraham

    Viceroy of Peru

  3. Kathy Bates

    The Marquesa

  4. Robert De Niro

    Archbishop of Peru

  5. Harvey Keitel

    Uncle Pio

  6. Pilar López de Ayala

    Camila Villegas (La Perichola)

  7. Mark Polish

    Manuel

  8. Michael Polish

    Esteban

  9. Adriana Domínguez

    Pepita

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2022-12-08
**_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...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$24,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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