The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004 film)

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 2004 drama film directed by Mary McGuckian and featuring an ensemble cast of American and international actors. It is based on Thornton Wilder's novel of the same name. The film was released in 2004 in Spain and 2005 in the U.S. and abroad. Despite praise for its costume design, the film was poorly received by critics

Background and production

The film and novel are very losely based on the life of Micaela Villegas (1748—1819), a famous Peruvian entertainer known as La Perricholi, whose life was also the inspiration for the novella Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement by Prosper Mérimée, an opéra bouffe, La Périchole by Jacques Offenbach, Jean Renoir’s 1953 film Le Carrosse d'or (The Golden Coach), and two earlier film versions: a 1929 silent version, The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929) starring Lili Damita and a 1944 version The Bridge of San Luis Rey starring Lynn Bari and Alla Nazimova.

The film was shot on location in Málaga, Andalucía, and Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Cast

• F. Murray Abraham as Viceroy of Peru
• Kathy Bates as The Marquesa
• Gabriel Byrne as Brother Juniper
• Geraldine Chaplin as The Abbess
• Robert De Niro as Archbishop of Peru
• Émilie Dequenne as Doña Clara
• Adriana Domínguez as Pepita
• Harvey Keitel as Uncle Pio
• Pilar López de Ayala as Camila Villegas (La Pericholi)
• John Lynch as Captain Alvarado
• Mark Polish as Manuel
• Michael Polish as Esteban
• Jim Sheridan as The King of Spain

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