"Five lives bound by one fate."
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.
Social & External
The people behind it
Gabriel Byrne
Brother Juniper
F. Murray Abraham
Viceroy of Peru
Kathy Bates
The Marquesa
Robert De Niro
Archbishop of Peru
Harvey Keitel
Uncle Pio
Pilar López de Ayala
Camila Villegas (La Perichola)
Mark Polish
Manuel
Michael Polish
Esteban
Adriana Domínguez
Pepita
Geraldine Chaplin
The Abbess
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