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The Legend of the Holy Drinker
The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988)
, 2h7
Directed by Ermanno Olmi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about religion
Actors Rutger Hauer, Anthony Quayle, Dominique Pinon, Sandrine Dumas, Cécile Paoli, Françoise Pinkwasser

A drunken homeless man (Rutger Hauer) in 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; the film depicts the man's constant frustrations as he attempts to do so.
Rudraveena
Rudraveena (1988)
, 2h50
Directed by Kailasam Balachander
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about slavery, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Shobana, Gemini Ganesan, Sumithra, P. L. Narayana, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Ramesh Aravind

The film is about the ideological clash between young man, Suryam (Chiranjeevi), and his father, Bilahari Ganapathi Sastry (Gemini Ganesan). While the father believes that music and his life are for salvation, the son strives for a better society.
Unnal Mudiyum Thambi
Unnal Mudiyum Thambi (1988)

Directed by Kailasam Balachander
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Kamal Haasan, Seetha, Gemini Ganesan, Manorama, Aachi Manorama, Charle

Udhayamoorthy (Kamal Haasan) is the younger son of an illustrious Carnatic music maestro, Bilahari Marthandam Pillai (Gemini Ganesan). The father is a strict disciplinarian who is very class conscious and cares only for his art. The maestro's elder son (Prasad Babu) is born mute and hence had to take to an instrument, the nadhaswaram, which he is quite adept at.
Bed of Lies
Bed of Lies (1992)
, 1h30
Directed by William A. Graham
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about domestic violence
Actors Susan Dey, Chris Cooper, G. W. Bailey, Mary Kay Place, John Anderson, Tom Nolan

Based on the true story, Bed of Lies tells the story of Vicky Moore (Susan Dey), a low born Texas waitress, marries Marion Price Daniel, Jr., the son of Texas governor Price Daniel, thinking she is going to live happily ever after. She realizes that her husband is an alcoholic, drug addict, and abusive husband which eventually leads to her husband's shooting death. She is accused of murder and fights for custody of her children.
Lamerica
Lamerica (1994)
, 1h56
Directed by Gianni Amelio
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Piro Milkani

Gino (played by Enrico Lo Verso) and Fiore (Michele Placido) are Italian racketeers who come to Albania just after the fall of communism to set up a fictive firm and pocket the grants.
Raining Stones
Raining Stones (1993)
, 1h30
Directed by Ken Loach
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, La précarité
Actors Bruce Jones, Julie Brown, Ricky Tomlinson, Tom Hickey, Karen Henthorn, William Ash

Bob, le personnage principal, vit avec sa femme Anne et sa fille Coleen dans une banlieue misérable de Manchester. Lui et son ami Tommy se débrouillent du mieux qu'ils peuvent pour vivre dans la Grande-Bretagne des années Thatcher. Le film dépeint la précarité de la société anglaise à l'époque, en montrant tous les emplois que Bob est forcé d'exercer, allant de la revente de viande au marché noir jusqu'à être vigile dans une discothèque. En dépit de sa situation pour le moins précaire, Bob tient par-dessus tout à acheter une robe de communion neuve pour sa fille, afin de ne pas perdre la face devant le voisinage. Dans ce combat pour la dignité de sa famille, il va prendre de terribles risques, se heurter à la cupidité et à la violence mais aussi redécouvrir la fraternité et la solidarité.
One A.M.
One A.M. (1916)
, 22minutes
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Albert Austin

The film opens with a scene of a wealthy young man (Chaplin) arriving at his house in a taxi late at night after a night of heavy drinking. He struggles with the car door when exiting the car and then in paying the taxi driver (Albert Austin). When he gets to his front door, he thinks that he has forgotten the key and has to enter through the window. While climbing in through the window, he steps into a fishbowl that's placed underneath it and then almost falls down when the carpet underneath him slides. After finding his balance again, he goes through his pockets and realises that the key has been there all the while. He goes back through the window and enters through the front door.
Boudu Saved from Drowning
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
, 1h21
Directed by Jean Renoir
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Théâtre, La précarité, Films based on plays
Actors Michel Simon, Charles Granval, Jean Gehret, Jean Dasté, Max Dalban, Jacques Becker

Bourgeois Parisian, Latin Quarter bookseller, Edouard Lestingois, (Charles Granval), rescues a tramp, Boudu, from a suicidal plunge into the river Seine, from the Pont des Arts. Boudu is brought into Lestingois' household. The family adopts the man and dedicates itself to reforming him into a proper middle class person. Boudu (Michel Simon) shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations, challenging the hidebound manners of his hosts and seduces not only the housemaid but also Madame Lestingois herself. Gradually Boudu is tamed, shaved and given a haircut, and put in a suit. Then he wins a large sum of money on the lottery, and is guided into marrying the housemaid. Finally however, at the wedding scene, Boudu capsizes a rowing boat and floats away from the wedding party, and "back to his old vagrancy, a free spirit once more.
Merrily We Go to Hell
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
, 1h18
Directed by Dorothy Arzner, Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Fredric March, Sylvia Sidney, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Cary Grant, Adrianne Allen, George Irving

Jerry Corbett (Fredric March), a Chicago reporter and self-styled playwright, meets heiress Joan Prentice (Sylvia Sydney) at a party and they begin dating. Even though Jerry's economic prospects are dim and he is an alcoholic, he proposes to Joan. She agrees to marry him, against her father's objections. Even when Jerry becomes completely inebriated just before (and ruins, as far as Joan is concerned) their engagement party, Joan stands by him. Jerry writes some plays which are rejected, and fights the urge to drink. He manages to sell a play and they go to New York to see it produced. The star of the production is Jerry's former girlfriend Claire, and on the premiere night he gets stinking drunk, and mistakes Joan for Claire. Still, Joan stands by him. But, when Joan catches Jerry trying to go to Claire's one night she kicks him out. The following day she tells him that they will have a "modern marriage" and that she intends to have affairs herself.
Mini
Mini (1995)
, 1h16
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs

Mini is a 10-year-old school girl from a middle-class family whose father is a habitual drunkard who beats up his wife as a rule and throws tantrums into the early hours of the morning. The mother and daughter suffer in silence; but the neighbours find the daily antics a nuisance. Despite their vehement protests things go from bad to worse.
Perdóname Todo
Perdóname Todo (1995)
, 1h53
Directed by Raúl Araiza
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors José José, Arturo Beristáin, Claudio Brook, Alejandra Ávalos

Ricardo Alfaro (José José) is a popular composer and singer who has failed in life because of alcohol. However, things change when he meets Teresa Montes (Alejandra Ávalos), a young talented singer, that sings Ricardo's songs with a great public acceptance. Teresa became famous and Ricardo returns to the pinnacle of success, the hazy past seems to have been left behind. They fall in love, but both will face hell in Ricardo's alcoholism.
La Promesse
La Promesse (1996)
, 1h30
Directed by Frères Dardenne
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about alcoholism, Films about children, Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Jérémie Rénier, Olivier Gourmet

Dans la ville industrielle de Seraing, près de Liège, sur les berges de la Meuse en Belgique.
Devdas
Devdas (1935)
, 2h19
Directed by P.C. Barua
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Musical films
Actors P.C. Barua, Jamuna Barua, Chandrabati Devi, Kundan Lal Saigal, Jamuna, Krishna Chandra Dey

The son of Zamindar Narayan Mukherjee, Devdas was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He grew up in the lush village of Taj Sonapur, where he spent his childhood, indulged by his lovely playmate Paro. They grew up sharing a special relationship, in which they existed only to each other. Oblivious of all the differences of status and background, a bond that would never break grew between them. Slowly, it changed to love but it was still unsaid. But the reverie was broken when his family sent Devdas to Calcutta for education. Paro's world crashed knowing that her Devdas would be gone and she lit a diya, for it signified the fast coming back of her loved one. Years passed and Devdas returned. Devdas was besotted by her stunning beauty and longed to have her back. But Zamindar Narayan Mukherjee, Devdas' father, met Paro's mother Sumitra's marriage proposal with condescending arrogance. It caused a rift between the families and even though Devdas tried to convince his father, only antagonism came his way. Finally, he moved away from Paro and wrote a letter to her, asking her to forget him. Only, he didn't realize that he would never be able to forget her ever. And much later, when he reached out to her, it was too late as she was far too humiliated. She scorned him for not standing by her and they parted forever with a heart-broken Paro entering into a chaste marriage with a wealthy, much older man, Zamindar Bhuvan, while a shattered Devdas walked towards anguish, alcoholism & Chandramukhi. Chandramukhi, a stunning courtesan instantly lost her heart to Devdas. A unique bond was formed between both as he could share with her the intense pain of his unfulfilled love for Paro. Meanwhile, Paro, on the other hand, performed her worldly duties sincerely, but inside her heart, she could never forget Devdas for a moment. Strange was the fate of Devdas. Intensely loved by two women, who were never meant to be his.