THE LEGEND OF THE HOLY DRINKER (SUBTITLED)

"Tullio Kezich, who collaborated with Olmi on the script, was a famous Italian film critic and also the most eminent biographer of  Fellini"

Venue: Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NX
​Date: Monday 16 December, ​7pm (box office and bar open at 6pm)

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"Ermanno Olmi films simply and affectingly to give a sweet and faithful rendition of the Austrian novelist Joseph Roth’s 1939 novella"

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The Salon Italia event is a collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute

Cost: FREE

Film preceded by an introduction and followed by a discussion group
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​Duration: 128 minutes

​Certificate: 15
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Year: 1988

Director: Ermanno Olmi

Cast: Rutger Hauer

Synopsis: An alcoholic homeless man is given two hundred francs by a stranger, who requests that when he can he will return the money to Saint Therese in the cathedral.

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