The Legend of the Holy Drinker (film)

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La leggenda del santo bevitore
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Theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro
Directed by Ermanno Olmi
Written by Ermanno Olmi
Tullio Kezich
Starring Rutger Hauer
Music by José Padilla Sánchez
Ilter Pelosi
Igor Stravinsky
Cinematography Dante Spinotti
Edited by Paolo Cottignola
Ermanno Olmi
Fabio Olmi
Production
company
Cecchi Gori Group
Distributed by Columbia Pictures Italia
Release dates
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  • 2 September 1988 (1988-09-02)
Running time
127 minutes
Country Italy
France

The Legend of the Holy Drinker (Italian: La leggenda del santo bevitore ) is a 1988 Italian film written and directed by Ermanno Olmi.

The film won the Golden Lion at the 45th Venice Film Festival.[1] It also won four David di Donatello Awards (for Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Editing) and two Silver Ribbons (for Best Director and Best Screenplay).[1] The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]

It is based on the 1939 novella of the same name by the Austrian novelist Joseph Roth.[3]

Plot

A drunken homeless man (Rutger Hauer) in 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; the film depicts the man's constant frustrations as he attempts to do so.

Cast

See also

References

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