The Legend of the Holy Drinker (6.6)

Movie · 1988 · 2 h 10 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, Sophie Segalen, Jean-Maurice Chanet, Cécile Paoli, Francesco Aldighieri, Joseph De Medina, Françoise Pinkwasser

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