The Legend of the Holy Drinker (film)
The Legend of the Holy Drinker (Italian: La leggenda del santo bevitore) is a 1988 Italian film written and directed by Ermanno Olmi.
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| 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 |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | Italy France |
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 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
- Rutger Hauer as Andreas Kartack
- Sandrine Dumas as Gabby
- Dominique Pinon as Woitech
- Anthony Quayle as The Distinguished Gentleman
- Sophie Segalen as Karoline
- Cécile Paoli as Fur store seller
- Jean-Maurice Chanet as Daniel Kanjak
- Dalila Belatreche as Thérèse