In early 19th Century Peru an old Inca rope bridge collapses, plunging five travelers to their deaths in the Andean chasm below. Brother Juniper, who was within minutes of being on the bridge himself, becomes obsessed with discovering how five people of differing class and circumstances came to be on the bridge at that moment. The Catholic friar wants to know if it was mere existential happenstance or part of God's cosmic plan. After researching the lives of the victims for five years and publishing his findings in a book, he is accused of heresy by the worldly Archbishop of Lima and is put on trial for his life by the Inquisition. 爱之不公与救赎。五人一命。非快餐品味的看官值得一看；对宗教题材有兴趣的可一看。 这是一个讲述一座吊桥坍塌造成5个人离奇死亡的故事，一个牧师要去解开它的原因，在秘鲁首都利马拍摄，改编于Thornton Wilder novel的小说.
