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The Legend of the Holy Drinker
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.
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The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) - long bar scene
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- Sep 2, 1988
- 2h 8m
- English
- Ermanno Olmi
- Tullio Kezich, Ermanno Olmi, Joseph Roth
- Released
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