The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988)

Name: The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Director: Ermanno Olmi
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988-09-02
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Anthony Quayle, Sandrine Dumas, Dominique Pinon, Sophie Segalen

September 2, 19882h 8mIT

6.6

86 votes

Drama

Overview

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.

Director

Ermanno Olmi

Writers

Tullio Kezich, Ermanno Olmi, Joseph Roth