This story about an Italian postman (Mario Ruoppolo) which establish an extrordinary friendship with a famous exiled poet(Pablo Neruda). Mario started to interest in poetry since he saw the news about Pablo Neruda. He thought that poetry was a good idea to get women. One day, at the restaurant he saw a beautiful woman ( Beatrice Russo) and inmediately fell in love with her.Mario asked several times Pablo that help him to get her, but Pablo did not want to. So, Mario began to use Pablo's poetry. Finally, Mario got married Beatrice. At the wedding day, Pablo knew that he could come back to his country (Chile). Mario lost his job and started to work with his wife in the restaurant. Beatrice gets pregnant.Time goes by and in a communist riot Mario died. Years later; Neruda came back to visit his friend Mario in Italy and found a little boy playing with a ball, he was Pablito (Mario's son). Then, Beatrice saw Pablo and told the new, Mario had died.
I consider that it was a sad movie because the principal character did not achieve his goal (read his poem to everybody) besides he always wanted to know some news or see again his closest friend Neruda nad he never could it. Moreover, I believe that it is an excelent movie because you can really feel the scenes of the the movie and at the same time it include different elements like poetry, love, politics and friendship.
Technical aspects
Il Postino was film in 1994, directed by Michael Radford. based on a novel called novel Burning Patience by Antonio Skarmeta. Its principal actors were:
Massimo Troisi as Mario Ruoppol. (Massimo Troisi) died after filmed the movie.
Philippe Noiret as Pablo Neruda.
Maria Grazia Cucinotta as Beatrice Russo.
Producers: Mario and Vittoio Cecchi Gori, Gaetano Daniele.
Academy awards nominations
Best Picture of the Year
Best leading role actor
Best Director
Best Original Score
Best screenplay based on previously published media
http://www.lone-star.net/literature/postino/ on December 31, 2007.
