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The Legend of the Holy Drinker

1988 · 128 min

A quiet, melancholic drift through a man's fragile hopes, watching grace slip through his fingers.

Directed by
Ermanno Olmi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rutger Hauer, Anthony Quayle, Sandrine Dumas
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Ermanno Olmi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rutger Hauer, Anthony Quayle, Sandrine Dumas
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • faith
  • redemption
  • guilt
  • politics
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Ermanno Olmi
Written by
Tullio Kezich, Ermanno Olmi
Starring
Rutger Hauer, Anthony Quayle, Sandrine Dumas, Dominique Pinon, Sophie Segalen, Jean-Maurice Chanet, Cécile Paoli, Francesco Aldighieri
Cinematography
Dante Spinotti
Runtime
128 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
English, French, Italian

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