The Postman
ComedyDramaRomance
7.913/10
|IT
|it
|114 min
Release Date: 1994-09-22
Overview - Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
Production Companies
Esterno Mediterraneo FilmCecchi Gori Group Tiger CinematograficaK2 TwoBlue Dahlia ProductionsPenta Film
User Reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
9/10
**A beautiful Italian production.** If there is something that manages to cause serious expression problems in the most flirtatious and fluent of men, it is the ardent gaze of the girl he loves. I know this from experience, and any man who has been in love, at least once, knows that it is not easy to choose the right moment and the right words to express the greatness and beauty of feelings. Th...
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CinemaSerf
7/10
With things unstable in his native Chile, renowned poet "Neruda" (Philippe Noiret) takes refuge on a small Italian island where his arrival is greeted with little more than a realisation that they are going to need to hire an extra postman! Step forward "Mario" (Massimo Troisi). He can barely read or write but is determined to engage the visitor in conversation and to learn from him. Initially ind...
