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User Rating:
5.0/10   1,709 votes
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Director:
Mary McGuckian
Writers:
Mary McGuckian (writer)
Thornton Wilder (novel)
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Release Date:
22 December 2004 (Spain) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Five Lives Bound By One Fate.
Plot:
Five people are killed in a freak accident when a lofty rope bridge collapses. The film details a priest's... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
De Niro's New Religious Role
 (From WENN. 4 April 2003)

User Comments:
Red Chalk and a Bowl of Snow more (45 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
El puente de San Luis Rey (Spain)
Le pont du roi Saint-Louis (France)
El puente de San Luis Rey (Argentina) (cable TV title) (Venezuela) [es]
A Ponte de San Luis Rey (Brazil) [pt]
Le pont du roi Saint-Louis (Canada: French title) [fr]
Szent Lajos király hídja (Hungary) [hu]
To mystiko tis gefyras (Greece) [el]
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MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic elements, some disturbing images and some sensuality.
Runtime:
120 min
Country:
Spain | UK | France
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Málaga, Andalucía, Spain more

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Referenced in Une américaine à Paris (2005) (TV) more

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33 out of 40 people found the following comment useful.
Red Chalk and a Bowl of Snow, 19 June 2005
7/10
Author: David Ferguson (fergusontx@gmail.com) from Dallas, Texas

Greetings again from the darkness. Although I do understand why many grade the film so harshly, for a few reasons I did enjoy it. First, the cast is straight out a Woody Allen Movie. Stars include Robert Deniro, Kathy Bates, F Murray Abraham (all Oscar winners) and Harvey Keitel, Gabriel Byrne and Geraldine Chaplin. Second, relative newcomer Adriana Dominguez is a pleasure to watch as Pepita. Third, the challenge of following the story line and time line kept my brain working non-stop for two plus hours. Although the presentation is a bit convoluted, if a movie keeps me engaged for its entire duration, it has done something right.

The downside, other than the muddled script, was the lackluster performance of Deniro. Most of the time his scenes were straight out of Saturday Night Live - cue cards and all. Bates and Keitel, on the other hand, were mesmerizing.

Based of course on Thornton Wilder's 1929 novel (he also wrote "Our Town" and "Hello, Dolly!"), the film suffers from spotty direction by (relative unknown) Mary McGuckian. Visually the picture is terrific, but she obviously has no feel for story telling.

Flawed film worth seeing for the acting (other than Deniro) and interaction between the characters.

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