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Release Date:
14 June 1995 (USA)
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Tagline:
Dreams do come true. more
Plot:
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice. full summary | full synopsis
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Won Oscar.
Another 21 wins
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10 nominations
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(3 articles)
Radford Halts Shooting On La Mula
(From WENN. 3 November 2009, 2:01 PM, PST)
No More Mulling Over Radford's La Mula
(From ioncinema. 8 June 2009)
(From WENN. 3 November 2009, 2:01 PM, PST)
No More Mulling Over Radford's La Mula
(From ioncinema. 8 June 2009)
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A Love Story Between Men
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Philippe Noiret | ... | Pablo Neruda | |
| Massimo Troisi | ... | Mario Ruoppolo | |
| Maria Grazia Cucinotta | ... | Beatrice Russo | |
| Renato Scarpa | ... | Telegrapher | |
| Linda Moretti | ... | Donna Rosa | |
| Sergio Solli | |||
| Carlo Di Maio | |||
| Nando Neri | |||
| Vincenzo Di Sauro | |||
| Orazio Stracuzzi | |||
| Alfredo Cozzolino | |||
| Mariano Rigillo | ... | Di Cosimo | |
| Anna Bonaiuto | ... | Matilde |
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MPAA:
Rated PG for mild thematic elements.
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Runtime:
108 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
South Korea:All |
Peru:PT |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Chile:14 |
Finland:S |
Germany:o.Al. |
Netherlands:AL |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:7 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:U |
USA:PG |
Singapore:PG
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This is a remake of Ardiente paciencia (1983), a film directed by Antonio Skármeta, the exiled Chilean author of the original source novel.
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Quotes:
Pablo Neruda:
We poets are all fat.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Poetry, Passion, the Postman: The Poetic Return of Pablo Neruda (1996) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Madreselva
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Is Pablo Neruda a real person?Is this film based on real events?
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'Il Postino' is a love story between men. There's something poetic about that, in this movie about love & poetry. Neither of them is gay, mind you. In fact, a ravishing beauty (Maria Grazia Cucinotta) is the object of the title character's affection. Still, this movie belongs to Philippe Noiret and the Oscar-nominated Massimo Troisi. Noiret is a Chilean poet, exiled in Italy for his communist leanings. Troisi is the postman, a man going nowhere who comes to idolize this intelligent poet. They become friends and Noiret essentially Cyranos Troisi into Cucinotta's ample heart.
I didn't find the entire film to be heart-rending, but the final scenes add deep resonance to the material. My eyebrows were raised when the movie ended and there was a "For Massimo" credit. Troisi died less than a day after they finished shooting. It seems fitting that the end of the film is bittersweet because the cast & crew had been working with a dying man who wanted nothing more than to finish this final project. 'Il Postino' ended up grossing a boatload of money, so his subtle performance clearly struck a chord with audiences.
Troisi got all the press for his fine work, but Noiret is certainly his equal. Director Michael Radford does well to stay out of their way. I like how he didn't sentimentalize the Troisi/Cucinotta relationship. He's infatuated with her, but that diminishes a bit once he gets her. They're a fair representation of a real couple who were brought together for what might have been the wrong reasons. In fact, the film is filled with surprises. It's a quiet character study, but all the players in 'Il Postino' go through earth-shaking changes of personal proportions. And the Noiret/Troisi friendship is right at the heart of the matter.