Five people, on separate journeys
for seemingly unconnected reasons, happen to be crossing
the bridge at San Luis Rey at noon on the fateful
day of July 20th 1714. The bridge breaks and all five
fall to their deaths in the deep gorge below. Was
it chance or the hand of God that brought these five
together at that fatal time in that place? Or were
they in some way responsible, themselves, for what
happened?
Set
in early 18th century Peru at the height of the Spanish
Inquisition, this timeless story of delicately interwoven
lives traverses worlds as diverse as the theatres,
convents, brothels and docks of Lima, Peru to the
sea-faring explorations, scientific institutions and
courts of Madrid, Spain. What unfolds is that one
woman’s life touched all of them. Yet she survived.
Starring
Robert
De Niro (Godfather Trilogy, Casino)
Kathy Bates (About Schmidt, Misery)
Gabriel Byrne (Devil’s Advocate,
The Usual Suspects)
Harvey Keitel (Pulp Fiction, Reservoir
Dogs)
Director
Mary McGuckian
(This is the Sea, Words Upon the Windowpane)
