The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988)

1988 · 128 min · Drama

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.

Directed by Ermanno Olmi. Starring Rutger Hauer, Anthony Quayle, Sandrine Dumas, Dominique Pinon and Sophie Segalen.

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