Il Postino: The Postman

Il Postino The Postman Italian Il postino is a 1994 Italian film directed by Michael Radford. The film was originally released in the US as The Postman, a straight translation of the Italian title. However, since the release of Kevin Costners postapocalyptic film of the same name, the film has gone by the title Il Postino The Postman.

Set in the year 1950, Pablo Neruda, the famous Chilean poet, is exiled to a small island in Italy for political reasons. His wife accompanies him. On the island, a local, Mario Ruoppolo, is dissatisfied with being a fisherman, like his father. Mario looks for other work and is hired as a temporary postman, with Neruda as his only customer. He uses his bicycle to hand deliver Nerudas mail the island has no cars. Though poorly educated, the postman eventually befriends Neruda and becomes further influenced by Nerudas political views and poetry.Meanwhile, Mario falls in love with a beautiful young lady, Beatrice Russo, who works in her aunts village cafe. He is shy with her, but he enlists Nerudas help. Mario constantly asks Neruda if particular metaphors that he uses are suitable for his poems. Mario is able to better communicate with Beatrice and express his love through poetry. Despite the aunts strong disapproval of Mario, because of his sensual poetry which turns out to be largely stolen from Neruda, Beatrice responds favourably. ........

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