Il Postino
Summary:
In this remake of the 1983 Ardiente Paciencia by Antonio Skarmeta, the time and place have been changed to Italy in the 1950s, but the relationship between the Chilean Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda and Mario (Massimo Troisi), the postman who delivers his copious mail, is still the focus of attention. In this version of the story, scripted by a collective of Anna Pav... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Massimo Troisi - (Mario Ruoppolo)
Philippe Noiret - (Pablo Neruda)
Maria Grazia Cucinotta - (Beatrice Russo)
Linda Moretti - (Donna Rosa)
Renato Scarpa - (Telegrapher)
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Review:
Although Michael Radford directed this small, touching film about a shy mail carrier looking for love, the guiding spirit seems to have been writer/actor Massimo Troisi, who died shortly after shooting was completed. Troisi plays a simple, middle-aged man who lives on a small island in the Mediterranean also inhabited by noted Chilean poet... Continue >>
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