1988 Italian film
The Legend of the Holy Drinker Italian : La leggenda del santo bevitore Ermanno Olmi .
The film won the Golden Lion at the 45th Venice Film Festival .[ 1] 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] 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
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
References
^ 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
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