The Legend of the Holy Drinker(1988)

movie - first aired/released 1988-09-02 - audience 6.6

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.