The Legend of the Holy Drinker

Name: The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Director: Ermanno Olmi
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988-09-02
Duration: 2 h 8 min
Rating: 6.616
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Anthony Quayle, Sandrine Dumas, Dominique Pinon, Sophie Segalen

1988

2h 8m

Drama

Director: Ermanno Olmi

Writers: Tullio Kezich, Ermanno Olmi

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.