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The Bridge of San Luis Rey Overview:

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Rowland V. Lee and produced by Rowland V. Lee and Benedict Bogeaus.

SYNOPSIS

Five people are killed in a freak accident when a lofty rope bridge collapses. The film details a priest's journey to discover if there was a divine reason for the bloody disaster. Set in Lima, Peru, during the 18th century. Based on the Thornton Wilder novel, and first made in 1929.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Academy Awards 1944 --- Ceremony Number 17 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Art DirectionCedric GibbonsWon
Best Music - ScoringDimitri TiomkinNominated
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey Quotes:

Esteban: The more tome I spent at school, the less I understand the wind and the weather.
Michaela Villegas: If we don't understand ourselves, how can we ever expect to understand anybody else?
Uncle Pio: [Tp Michaelia] I warned His Excellancy that the palace crows would peck at you but can't reach you across the footlights. You will always be safe there.
Brother Juniper: We trust in Heaven. God has never failed man. Only man fails God.
Uncle Pio: One should never trust a woman.
Michaela Villegas: [to Uncle Pio] Don't try to make me feel sorry. I have no heart for the theater. I am what I am. I must be what I must be.
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey Facts
The identity of several of the victims of the tragedy are changed.
Inexplicably this version of the Wilder novel is set in 1774, not 1714, as the novel and 2004 version are.
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