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Release Date: 1994

Cast: Orazio Stracuzzi, Massimo Troisi, Vincenzo Di Sauro, Sergio Solli, Linda Moretti, Renato Scarpa, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Nando Neri, Philippe Noiret, Carlo Di Maio

Categories: Movies, Biography, World cinema, Comedy, Period piece, Romantic drama, Romance Film

Il Postino is a 1994 Italian film directed by Michael Radford. The film was originally released in the U.S. as The Postman, a straight translation of the Italian title. However, since the release of Kevin Costner's post-apocalyptic film of the same name, the film has been released on DVD as Il Postino: The Postman, and English language film critics often refer to the film by its Italian title alone. The film tells a fictional story in which the real life Chilean poet Pablo Neruda forms a relationship with a simple postman who learns to love poetry. It stars Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi,... MORE

Il Postino is a 1994 Italian film directed by Michael Radford. The film was originally released in the U.S. as The Postman, a straight translation of the Italian title. However, since the release of Kevin Costner's post-apocalyptic film of the same name, the film has been released on DVD as Il Postino: The Postman, and English language film critics often refer to the film by its Italian title alone. The film tells a fictional story in which the real life Chilean poet Pablo Neruda forms a relationship with a simple postman who learns to love poetry. It stars Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi, and Maria Grazia Cucinotta. The screenplay was adapted by Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, and Massimo Troisi from the novel Ardiente paciencia by Antonio Skármeta. Skármeta himself had previously adapted his novel for the screen in 1985 as Ardiente paciencia (English translation: "Burning Patience"). Writer/star Massimo Troisi postponed heart surgery so that he could complete the film. The day after filming was completed, he suffered a fatal heart attack. Pablo Neruda, the famous Chilean poet and communist, is exiled to a small island in Italy for political LESS