The Bridges of Madison County (film) The Bridges of Madison County (film) The Bridges of Madison County is a 1995 American romantic drama film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Robert James Waller. It was produced by Amblin Entertainment and Malpaso Productions, and distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment. The film was produced and directed by Clint Eastwood with Kathleen Kennedy as co-producer and the screenplay was adapted by Richard LaGravenese. The film is about an Italian war bride, Francesca (Meryl Streep), who lives with her husband and two children on a farm in Iowa. In 1965, she meets a "National Geographic" photographer
Madison County, Indiana Madison County, Indiana Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2015, the population was 129,723. The county seat is Anderson. Madison County is included in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Madison County was formed in 1823. It was named for James Madison, co-author of "The Federalist Papers" and the fourth President of the United States (1809 to 1817). According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of , of which (or 99.78%) is land and (or 0.22%) is water. In recent years, average temperatures in Anderson have ranged from