Il postino (1994)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Michael Radford

Writers:

Pablo Neruda (poems)
Anna Pavignano (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

14 June 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Dreams do come true.

Plot:

Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Poetry | Poet | Pablo Neruda | Exile

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 20 wins & 10 nominations

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Simona Caparrini	...	Elsa Morante (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Radford

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Pablo Neruda		poems
Anna Pavignano		writer
Michael Radford		writer
Furio Scarpelli		screenplay
Furio Scarpelli		story
Giacomo Scarpelli		screenplay
Giacomo Scarpelli		story
Antonio Skármeta		novel "Ardiente Paciencia"
Massimo Troisi		writer

Produced by
Mario Cecchi Gori	....	producer
Vittorio Cecchi Gori	....	producer
Gaetano Daniele	....	producer
Alberto Passone	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Luis Enríquez Bacalov		(as Luis Bacalov)

Cinematography by
Franco Di Giacomo

Film Editing by
Roberto Perpignani

Production Design by
Lorenzo Baraldi

Costume Design by
Gianna Gissi

Makeup Department
Alfredo Marazzi	....	makeup artist
Simone Marazzi	....	makeup artist
Ferdinando Merolla	....	hair stylist
Léone Noël	....	makeup artist
Angelo Vannella	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Federico Foti	....	unit manager
Vincenzo Testa	....	production manager
Raffaele Veneruso	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gaia Gorrini	....	assistant director
Stefano Veneruso	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Laura Casalini	....	assistant production designer
Roberto Magagnini	....	lead person
Riccardo Passanisi	....	property master
Luigi Sergianni	....	construction manager

Sound Department
Paolo Amici	....	sound effects
Tullio Arcangeli	....	sound effects
Vince Caro	....	sound recording engineer
Giulio De Angeli	....	sound effects (as Giulio D'Angeli)
Franco Finetti	....	sound
Saverio Lancia	....	sound effects
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
Massimo Loffredi	....	sound
Ettore Mancini	....	boom operator
Ezio Marcorin	....	sound editor
Ezio Marcorin	....	sound effects
Daniele Masini	....	sound effects
Nicoletta Negri	....	dubbing assistant
Augusto Penna	....	sound effects
Alessandra Perpignani	....	sound supervisor
Angelo Raguseo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Roberto Sterbini	....	sound effects
Marco Streccioni	....	sound re-recording mixer
Fabio Venturi	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Alberto Altibrandi	....	electrician
Elio Bosi	....	grip
Piero Bosi	....	grip
Bruno Bruni	....	still photographer
Osvaldo Caruso	....	grip
Stefano Coletta	....	camera operator
Francesca D'Antoni	....	assistant camera
Rolando Marcheggiani	....	electrician
Ernesto Natoli	....	assistant camera
Gaetano Rutigliano	....	grip
Mario Tursi	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yvette Bonnay	....	wardrobe
Alberta Ceccarelli	....	wardrobe
Rita Cirilli	....	wardrobe
Luciana Morosetti	....	assistant costumer

Editorial Department
Stefano Giovannini	....	color technician
Lidia Pascolini	....	assistant editor
Rita Triunveri	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Luis Enríquez Bacalov	....	conductor (as Luis Bacalov)

Other crew
Bruno Alessandro	....	voice dubbing: Philippe Noiret
Rodolfo Bianchi	....	dubbing director
Cristiana Caimmi	....	publicist
Anna Cenciarelli	....	administrator
Elide Cortesi	....	script supervisor
Marco Mattei	....	cashier
Marco Mattei	....	payroll clerk
Gianluca Passone	....	production secretary
Flavio Tallone	....	production secretary
Alfredo Veneruso	....	production secretary
David H. Kramer	....	adr loop group (uncredited)

Thanks
Massimo Troisi	....	dedicatee

Production Companies

• Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
• Penta Film
• Esterno Mediterraneo Film
• Blue Dahlia Productions (co-production)
• K2 Two (co-production)

Distributors

• Cecchi Gori Group (1994) (Italy) (all media)
• Buena Vista International (1995) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (1995) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) (1995) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Miramax Films (1995) (USA) (VHS) (subtitled)
• Buena Vista Home Video (1996) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Cecchi Gori Home Video (2001) (Italy) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2002) (Spain) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Miramax Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Miramax Films (1995) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Filmes Lusomundo (Portugal)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)

Other Companies

• CAM Edizioni Musicali  soundtrack released by
• Hollywood Records  soundtrack
• Miramax Records  soundtrack
• Orchestra Sinfonietta di Roma  orchestra
• Videogamma  titles and opticals

Also Known As:

Il Postino: The Postman (UK) (USA)
Le facteur (France)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild thematic elements.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

Italy | France | Belgium

Language:

Italian | Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:All | 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

Filming Locations:

Pollara, Salina Island, Aeolian Islands, Messina, Sicily, Italy

Company:

Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica

Trivia:

The last film that was rated 'U' to be nominated for the best picture Oscar.

Quotes:

Mario Ruoppolo: So what if we break our chains? What do we do then?

Movie Connections:

Version of Ardiente paciencia (1983)

Soundtrack:

If You Forget Me

Lyrical

Lyrical, moving and beautifully photographed gentle comedy in which an exiled Chilean poet inspires his Italian postman to woo and marry a local girl. Massimo Troisi gives a wonderfully contained performance as the postman who learns to see the beauty in poetry and his home on an Italian island. Philippe Noiret plays the poet Pablo Neruda with the usual assuredness. It is difficult not to be moved by the simple beauty of the film.