The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004 film)
| The Bridge of San Luis Rey | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mary McGuckian |
| Written by | Mary McGuckian Thornton Wilder (novel) |
| Produced by | Michael Cowan Samuel Hadida Howard G. Kazanjian Garrett McGuckian Mary McGuckian Denise O'Dell |
| Starring | F. Murray Abraham Kathy Bates Gabriel Byrne Geraldine Chaplin Robert De Niro Harvey Keitel Pilar López de Ayala |
| Cinematography | Javier Aguirresarobe |
| Edited by | Kant Pan |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
| Distributed by | Fine Line Features |
Release dates |  22 December, 2004 May 25, 2005 10 June 2005 |
Running time | 120 min |
| Countries | Spain United Kingdom France |
| Language | English |
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 [1].
Background and production
The film and novel are very loosely based on the life of Micaela Villegas (1748—1819), a famous Peruvian entertainer known as La Perichole, 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 , Francis Lederer, Akim Tamiroff, and Alla Nazimova.
The 2004 film was shot on location in Málaga, Andalucía, and Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. It is the only one of the three versions made on location.
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 de Alvarado
- Mark Polish as Manuel
- Michael Polish as Esteban
- Jim Sheridan as The King of Spain
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