Italian Film Festival : Legend of the Holy Drinker
Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour, VancouverBest known for portraits of working class life like Il Posto and The Tree of Wooden Clogs, Ermanno Olmi here trades in his trademark neo-realistic style for a more whimsical one. The film begins with a miracle: a stranger hands Andreas (the late, great Rutger Hauer) 200 francs, with almost no strings attached.