The Postman

(1994)

★ 7.9 IMDb · 1,248 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Year: 1994

Runtime: 114 мин

Country: Italy, France

Director: Michael Radford

Cast: Massimo Troisi, Филипп Нуаре, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Renato Scarpa, Linda Moretti, Mariano Rigillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Sergio Solli, Carlo Di Maio, Nando Neri

Plot

Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

Pablo Neruda, the famous Chilean poet, is exiled to a small island for political reasons. On the island, the unemployed son of a poor fisherman is hired as an extra postman due to the huge increase in mail that this causes. Il Postino is to hand-deliver the celebrity's mail to him. Though poorly educated, the postman learns to love poetry and eventually befriends Neruda. Struggling to grow and express himself more fully, he suddenly falls in love and needs Neruda's help and guidance more than ever.