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Play trailer Poster for The Postman PG 1995 1h 56m Romance Biography Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Mario Ruoppolo, the mailman on an Italian island, pines from afar for a beautiful waitress. But when exiled Chilean poet Pablo Neruda comes to live on the island, Ruoppolo delivers Neruda's mail and picks up lessons on love, life and poetry.

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Il Postino movingly explores themes of love and friendship through sensitively depicted -- and beautifully acted -- relationships in 1950s Italy.

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Ryan Gilbey Independent (UK) Aug 19
The film manages a sober argument for the importance of poetry in everyday life, without once resorting to schoolboys standing on desks quoting Walt Whitman. Go to Full Review
Nigel Andrews Financial Times 03/17/2021
Il Postino is an enchanted, sun-touched film. Go to Full Review
Geoff Brown The Times (UK) 03/17/2021
This is a film with a heart and soul; a film keyed to the wonderful performance by actor and director Massimo Troisi. Go to Full Review
Sheila Reid Women in the Life 05/13/2022
A touching Italian love story. Go to Full Review
Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot 03/14/2022
3.5/4
This, however, is a one-man show, and it all belongs to the sorrowful, mellow face of Troissi, who turns in one of the best performances of this movie year... Go to Full Review
Jas Keimig The Stranger (Seattle, WA) 01/31/2022
I was captivated by the Massimo Troisi's performance as Mario. Go to Full Review
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Mo S. @9mr_0 Dec 7 لطيف جدا و القصه جميله لكن قرات ان بطل العمل مات ايضا في الحياه الواقعيه See more Alec B 10/13/2023 Slightly charming but this is typical Miramax awards bait. See more Leaburn O 04/11/2023 This film was charming 👍🏼 See more Mark A 12/16/2022 An engaging, small foreign film. See more Jorge M 09/04/2022 photography on this is beautiful and the story very well told See more isla s 09/01/2022 I thought this was a lovely, charming film. It has some nice scenery and delightful characters. I enjoyed the explanations of metaphors and poetry, how they can be used to help express feelings and the like. Its got a bit of a slow plot I suppose but its not all about the plot - the setting and philosophical angles are very nice. I particularly like the titular character, the postman Mario Ruoppolo - a quite shy and reserved, yet curious person who slowly becomes more and more interested in the poets life and understanding of his profession as a writer. I also liked that there is a subtle social political side to it as well, in terms of the reactions by older generations to what happens - it gives the film, whats explained, a deeper meaning I feel somehow. I won't elaborate so as not to provide any unnecessary spoilers. I thought it didn't seem too 'up itself' and I very much enjoyed watching it, so I'd recommend it to others. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Mario Ruoppolo, the mailman on an Italian island, pines from afar for a beautiful waitress. But when exiled Chilean poet Pablo Neruda comes to live on the island, Ruoppolo delivers Neruda's mail and picks up lessons on love, life and poetry.
Director
Michael Radford
Producer
Gaetano Daniele, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Mario Cecchi Gori
Screenwriter
Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Antonio Skármeta, Massimo Troisi
Distributor
Miramax Films
Production Co
Miramax, Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinema
Rating
PG
Genre
Romance, Biography, Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 14, 1995, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 17, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$17.1M
Runtime
1h 56m
Sound Mix
Surround
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