The Legend of the Holy Drinker

Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Ermanno Olmi

Status Released

Release Date 1988-09-02

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.