La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore
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| La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore | |
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| Directed by | Ermanno Olmi |
| Starring | Rutger Hauer Anthony Quayle Dominique Pinon |
| Cinematography | Dante Spinotti |
| Release date(s) | 2 September 1988 (Italy) |
| Running time | 127 mins |
| Country | Italy/France |
| Language | French and English |
| IMDb profile | |
La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore ("the legend of the holy drinker") is a 1988 Italian film directed by Ermanno Olmi. It tells the story of a drunken homeless man (played by Rutger Hauer) in Paris who 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 constrant frustrations as he attempts to do so.
The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
| Preceded by Au revoir les enfants |
Golden Lion winner 1988 |
Succeeded by A City of Sadness |
