Il Postino: The Postman (1994)

STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 1
CULT – 1

 

 

VERDICT – 5/5

 

 

PROS –
1) A fictional story of real life Chilean poet Pablo Neruda in exile, where he forms a friendship with a simple Procida postman who learns to love poetry.
2) A heartfelt movie with tragic end. What a sad ending to a simpleton postman! The real life death of Massimo Troisi (who played the postman) just after completing the movie is equally devastating.
3) I Suoni dell’isola · Luis Bacalov.

 

 

CONS –
N/A

 

 

QUOTE –
“You have to find the right moment, use your manners. If he’s thinking up a poem, maybe even political, and you bother him for his signature, and he forgets it, you’ll have caused a world-wide disaster.”