Il Postino

AKA:

The Postman

Release Date:

Jun 14, 1995

MPAA Rating:

PG

Running Time:

1:56

Genre:

Romance

Director:

Michael Radford

Cast:

Massimo Troisi	Mario Ruoppolo
Philippe Noiret	Pablo Neruda
Maria Grazia Cucinotta	Beatrice Russo
Linda Moretti	Donna Rosa
Renato Scarpa	Telegrapher
Anna Buonaiuto	Matilde
Mariana Rigillo	Di Cosimo

Producers:

Gaetano Daniele , Vittorio Cecchi Gori , Mario Cecchi Gori

Writers:

Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Antonio Skármeta, Massimo Troisi

Language:

English

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In Custody

The Extras

Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me

Seven Billiards Tables

La Tête en Friche

When exiled Cuban poet Pablo Neruda arrives on a tiny Italian isle, there's so much new mail that Mario, an unemployed, uneducated layabout, is hired as a postman. His job is simply to deliver Neruda's daily mail. Mario soon becomes a student of the poet, learning the art of poetry to woo a local barmaid and tell about the struggles of the working-class villagers. A firm friendship develops, and the postman turns into a changed man.

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