La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore

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La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore
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
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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.

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Preceded by
Au revoir les enfants		 Golden Lion winner
1988		 Succeeded by
A City of Sadness
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