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(Redirected from La leggenda del santo bevitore) 1988 Italian film
La leggenda del santo bevitore
Theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro
Directed byErmanno Olmi
Written byErmanno Olmi
Tullio Kezich
StarringRutger Hauer
CinematographyDante Spinotti
Edited byPaolo Cottignola
Ermanno Olmi
Fabio Olmi
Music byJosé Padilla Sánchez
Ilter Pelosi
Igor Stravinsky
Production
company
Cecchi Gori Group
Distributed byColumbia Pictures Italia
Release date
  • 2 September 1988 (1988-09-02)
Running time127 minutes
CountriesItaly
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. 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). 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.

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

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

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

External links

Films directed by Ermanno Olmi
Venice Film Festival Golden Lion
1946–1968
1980–2000
2001–present
Italian submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
1947–1960
1961–1980
1981–2000
2001–2020
2021–present


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