The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988)

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Country: France, Italy
Genres: Drama
Release: 1988-09-02
Director: Ermanno Olmi
Writers: Ermanno Olmi , Tullio Kezich , Joseph Roth
Language: Italian | French | English
Stars: Rutger Hauer , Anthony Quayle (1913–1989) , Sandrine Dumas , Dominique Pinon , Sophie Segalen , Jean-Maurice Chanet , Cécile Paoli , Francesco Aldighieri , Joseph De Medina , Françoise Pinkwasser
Runtime: 128 min
Awards: 12 wins & 3 nominations
AKA: Legenden om en hellig dranker (Denmark) , Legenden om den helige drinkaren (Sweden) , The Legend of the Holy Drinker (United Kingdom) , Легенда за светия пияница (Bulgaria) , Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker , La leyenda del santo bebedor (Spain) , La légende du saint buveur (France, French Republic) , 聖なる酔っぱらいの伝説 (Japan) , A Lenda do Santo Beberrão (Brazil) , The Legend of the Holy Drinker (Canada) , Легенда о святом пропойце , La leggenda del santo bevitore (Italy) , La leggenda del santo bevitore , The Legend of the Holy Drinker , Seinaru yopparai no densetsu (Japan) , The Legend of the Holy Drinker (India) , La leyenda del santo bebedor (Chile) , Juopon legenda (Finland) , Legenda o świętym pijaku (Poland) , Święty łajdak (Poland) , A Lenda do Santo Bebedor (Portugal, Portuguese Republic)
Plot:
Andreas Kartak, a homeless man living under the bridges of Paris is lent 200 francs by a stranger as long as he promises to repay it to a local church when he can afford to. Kartak is determined to pay back his debt but circumstances, and his alcoholism, forever intervene.
IMDB:tt0095513