La Leggenda Del Santo Bevitore (1988)
Directed by Ermanno Olmi
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Psychological Drama, Addiction Drama |
Run Time - 125 min. |
Countries - France, Italy |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Italian director Ermanno Olmi serves up another tale of dignity amongst the "rabble" in Legend of the Holy Drinker. Rutger Hauer plays an alcoholic derelict who comes into a large sum of money. Though his benefactor is a human stranger, Hauer attributes his windfall to Santo Bevitor, or the "saint of drunkards." When Hauer tries to pay back the favor, he is constantly thwarted by society's "better" people. Distinguished by its long, portentous silent passages and by the consistently offbeat performances of stars Rutger Hauer and Anthony Quayle, The Legend of the Holy Drinker (originally La Leggenda del Santo Bevitor) is in the eyes of some observers superior to its source, a novel by Joseph Roth titled Die Legende des Helligen Trinkers.
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Themes
Keywords
alcoholism, benefactor, drifter, windfall [monetary]
Attributes
High Artistic Quality