The Legend of the Holy Drinker (film)

La leggenda del santo bevitore
Theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro
Directed by	Ermanno Olmi
Written by	Ermanno Olmi Tullio Kezich
Starring	Rutger Hauer
Cinematography	Dante Spinotti
Edited by	Paolo Cottignola Ermanno Olmi Fabio Olmi
Music by	José Padilla Sánchez Ilter Pelosi Igor Stravinsky
Production company	Cecchi Gori Group
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures Italia
Release date	2 September 1988 (1988-09-02)
Running time	127 minutes
Countries	Italy France

The Legend of the Holy Drinker (Italian: La leggenda del santo bevitore) is a 1988 Italian film written and directed by Ermanno Olmi.

The film won the Golden Lion at the 45th Venice Film Festival.^[1] It also won four David di Donatello Awards (for Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Editing) and two Silver Ribbons (for Best Director and Best Screenplay).^[1] The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2]

It is based on the 1939 novella of the same name by the Austrian novelist Joseph Roth.^[3]

Plot

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A drunken homeless man (Rutger Hauer) in 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; the film depicts the man's constant frustrations as he attempts to do so.

Cast

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Rutger Hauer as Andreas Kartack
Sandrine Dumas as Gabby
Dominique Pinon as Woitech
Anthony Quayle as The Distinguished Gentleman
Sophie Segalen as Karoline
Cécile Paoli as Fur Store Seller
Jean-Maurice Chanet as Daniel Kanjak
Dalila Belatreche as Thérèse

References

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^ ^a ^b Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 8877424230.

External links

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The Legend of the Holy Drinker at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Ermanno Olmi
Il Posto The Fiances A Man Named John One Fine Day The Circumstance The Tree of Wooden Clogs Walking, Walking The Legend of the Holy Drinker The Secret of the Old Woods Genesis: The Creation and the Flood The Profession of Arms Singing Behind Screens first section in Tickets One Hundred Nails The Cardboard Village Greenery Will Bloom Again

v t e Venice Film Festival Golden Lion
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1980–2000	Atlantic City (1980) Gloria (1980) Marianne and Juliane (1981) The State of Things (1982) First Name: Carmen (1983) A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984) Vagabond (1985) The Green Ray (1986) Au revoir les enfants (1987) The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) A City of Sadness (1989) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Close to Eden (1991) The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) Short Cuts (1993) Three Colours: Blue (1993) Before the Rain (1994) Vive L'Amour (1994) Cyclo (1995) Michael Collins (1996) Hana-bi (1997) The Way We Laughed (1998) Not One Less (1999) The Circle (2000)
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v t e Italian submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
1947–1960	Shoeshine (1947) Bicycle Thieves (1949) The Walls of Malapaga (1950) La Strada (1956) Nights of Cabiria (1957) Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) The Great War (1959) Kapo (1960)
1961–1980	La Notte (1961) The Four Days of Naples (1962) 8½ (1963) Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1964) Marriage Italian Style (1965) The Battle of Algiers (1966) China Is Near (1967) The Girl with the Pistol (1968) Fellini Satyricon (1969) Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971) Roma (1972) Amarcord (1974) Scent of a Woman (1975) Seven Beauties (1976) A Special Day (1977) I nuovi mostri (1978) To Forget Venice (1979) A Leap in the Dark (1980)
1981–2000	Three Brothers (1981) The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) And the Ship Sails On (1983) Where's Picone? (1984) Macaroni (1985) Summer Night (1986) The Family (1987) The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) Cinema Paradiso (1989) Open Doors (1990) Mediterraneo (1991) The Stolen Children (1992) The Great Pumpkin (1993) Lamerica (1994) The Star Maker (1995) My Generation (1996) The Best Man (1997) Life Is Beautiful (1998) Not of this World (1999) One Hundred Steps (2000)
2001–2020	The Son's Room (2001) Pinocchio (2002) I'm Not Scared (2003) The Keys to the House (2004) Don't Tell (2005) Golden Door (2006) The Unknown Woman (2007) Gomorrah (2008) Baarìa (2009) The First Beautiful Thing (2010) Terraferma (2011) Caesar Must Die (2012) The Great Beauty (2013) Human Capital (2014) Don't Be Bad (2015) Fire at Sea (2016) A Ciambra (2017) Dogman (2018) The Traitor (2019) Notturno (2020)
2021–present	The Hand of God (2021) Nostalgia (2022) Io capitano (2023) Vermiglio (2024)

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