1988TP

The Legend of the Holy Drinker

Name: The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988-09-02
Rating: 6.611

Drama2h 8m

🍅85%

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85%

Tomatometer

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85%

Popcornmeter

6.6

TMDB

Storyline

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.

Trailers

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Details

DirectorErmanno Olmi

ReleasedSep 2, 1988

StatusReleased

Original languageItalian

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideTPFR

Studios

Cecchi Gori Group Tiger CinematograficaAura Film

RAI

Reviews

4 reviews · 3 critics

2 fresh · 1 rotten

Geoffrey Nowell-Smith

RTSight & SoundJan 17, 2020

The ordinariness of the film is its greatest strength. The problem comes when it has to represent the extraordinary.

Eddie Harrison

RTfilm-authority.comJan 23, 2024

...Rutger Hauer’s favourite amongst his own movies was untypical of his output; working with the esteemed Ermanno Olmi of Tree of Wooden Clogs fame, he gives a quiet and understated performance in this adaptation of Joseph Roth’s slim novel...

Grant Watson

RTFiction MachineAug 28, 2019

Hauer delivers one of his most expressive and enchanting performances ever.

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