| Il Postino | |
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| Directed by | Michael Radford |
| Produced by | Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori Gaetano Daniele |
| Starring | Philippe Noiret Massimo Troisi Maria Grazia Cucinotta |
| Music by | Luis Enríquez Bacalov |
| Release date(s) |  1 September 1994 (premiere at VFF) 22 September 1994 14 June 1995 20 October 1995 16 November 1995 |
| Running time | 108 min |
| Language | Italian/Spanish |
| IMDb profile | |
Il Postino is a 1994 Italian language film directed by Michael Radford. Michael Radford (born February 24, 1946 in New Delhi, India to a British father and Austrian mother is an English Film Mario Cecchi Gori, ( Brescia, 21 March 1920 - Rome, 5 November 1993) was an Italian film producer and owner of companies Vittorio Cecchi Gori (born April 27, 1942) is an Italian Film producer and Politician. Gaetano Daniele is an Italian Film producer. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language for Il Postino (1994 Philippe Noiret ( October 1, 1930 - November 23, 2006) was a French film Actor. Massimo Troisi (February 19 1953 - June 4 1994 was an Italian Academy Award -nominated actor Film director and poet Maria Grazia Cucinotta (born July 27, 1969 in Messina, Sicily) is an Italian Actress who has featured in many films and Luis Enríquez Bacalov (b Buenos Aires March 30, 1933) is a prolific Argentine Composer of Film scores Early on in his Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The Venice Film Festival is the oldest Film festival in the world Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Michael Radford (born February 24, 1946 in New Delhi, India to a British father and Austrian mother is an English Film The film was originally released in the U.S. as The Postman, a straight translation of the Italian title. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [1] However, since the release of Kevin Costner's 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. Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American Actor, producer and Academy Award -winning director The Postman is a 1997 Film adaptation of the award-winning post-apocalyptic themed novel of the same name, written in 1985 by author
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. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Pablo Neruda ( July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the pen name and later legal name of the Chilean writer and politician For the electronic mail software see GNU Mailman. "Postman" redirects here It stars Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi and Maria Grazia Cucinotta. Philippe Noiret ( October 1, 1930 - November 23, 2006) was a French film Actor. Massimo Troisi (February 19 1953 - June 4 1994 was an Italian Academy Award -nominated actor Film director and poet Maria Grazia Cucinotta (born July 27, 1969 in Messina, Sicily) is an Italian Actress who has featured in many films and The screenplay was adapted by Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli and Massimo Troisi from the novel 'Ardiente paciencia by Antonio Skármeta. Michael Radford (born February 24, 1946 in New Delhi, India to a British father and Austrian mother is an English Film Furio Scarpelli ( December 16, 1919) also called Scarpelli, was one of the greatest Italian Screenwriters Son of a director of Antonio Skármeta (born Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic is a Chilean writer born November 7, 1940 in Antofagasta, Chile Skármeta himself had previously adapted his novel for the screen in 1983 as Ardiente paciencia. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)
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.
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Setting
Whereas the novel and the 1983 film were set in Chile, with Neruda living in his home at Isla Negra around 1970, Il Postino moves the setting to Italy in about 1950. Isla Negra is a fishing village some 130 kilometres south-west of Valparaiso, Chile. The film is set and was partially filmed on the island of Salina, of the volcanic Aeolian Island chain off the north coast of Sicily. Salina is the second largest of the seven Aeolian Islands, after Lipari, with a total surface area of 27 km² The Aeolian Islands ( Italian Isole Eolie) are a Volcanic Archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily. One unfortunate victim of the film's popularity has been Pollara Beach on the island, which has suffered erosion from motorboats and vandalism from tourists since the film was produced [2].
Plot
Mario Ruoppolo is a young man in an insular Italian fishing village where time moves slowly. Since Mario's seasickness doesn't allow him to fish, he is given the job of postman, delivering mail on a bicycle to only a single customer, the famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Pablo Neruda ( July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the pen name and later legal name of the Chilean writer and politician After a while, the two become good friends. Neruda has been exiled to Italy because of his communist views. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based In the meantime, Mario meets a beautiful young lady, Beatrice Russo, in the village's only cafe. With the help of Neruda, Mario is able to better communicate his love to her through the use of metaphors. Metaphor (from the Greek: μεταφορά - metaphora, meaning "transfer" is language that directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects The two are later married. The poet Neruda and his wife are allowed to return to Chile. Some months after, Mario makes a recording of village sounds for Neruda. Years after, Neruda comes back to the island as a tourist and finds Beatrice and her son in the same old cafe. Through her, he discovers that Mario had been killed a while back. He was going to read his poetry at a large political gathering in Naples but was killed by police intervention. Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the Beatrice gives Neruda the recordings of village sounds, which also record the sounds of police brutality leading to Mario's death. Police brutality is the world wide use of excessive force usually physical but potentially also in the form verbal attacks and psychological intimidation, by
Soundtrack
In 1994 to promote the movie, Miramax published "The Postman (Il Postino): Music From The Miramax Motion Picture", which besides the film's score, composed by Luis Enríquez Bacalov, includes Neruda's poems recited by Sting, Miranda Richardson, Wesley Snipes, Ralph Fiennes, Ethan Hawke, Rufus Sewell, Glenn Close, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, William Dafoe, Madonna, Vincent Perez, and Julia Roberts. The Postman is the Soundtrack, on the Hollywood Records label of the 1994 Academy Award -winning Film The Luis Enríquez Bacalov (b Buenos Aires March 30, 1933) is a prolific Argentine Composer of Film scores Early on in his Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951) better known by his Stage name Sting, is a three time Academy Award Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958 is an English stage film and television actress. Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) is an American Actor, Film producer, and Martial artist. Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( "rafe fines" born 22 December 1962) is a British Actor. Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6 1970 is an American Actor, Writer and Film director. Rufus Frederik Sewell (born 29 October 1967) is an English Actor. Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American Singer and Actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21 1948 is an American Academy Award -nominated and BAFTA -winning actor Andy García (born Andrés Arturo García y Menéndez; April 12, 1956) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor William J "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is a three-time Academy Award -nominated American Film and stage Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American Vincent Pérez (born 10 June 1962) is a Swiss actor from Lausanne, Switzerland. Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28 1967 is an American - Academy Award winning Film actress and former Fashion model.
Awards
The film won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language. This page lists the winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language and Alexander Korda Award for Best British The film's score, composed by Luis Enríquez Bacalov, won the Academy Award for Original Music Score. Luis Enríquez Bacalov (b Buenos Aires March 30, 1933) is a prolific Argentine Composer of Film scores Early on in his The Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically The film was also nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Massimo Troisi), Best Director, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Massimo Troisi (February 19 1953 - June 4 1994 was an Italian Academy Award -nominated actor Film director and poet The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent Film awards in the United States
Notes
- ^ The official Academy Awards database refers to it as The Postman (Il Postino) [1], and a poster with the title The Postman is reproduced in its IMDb profile. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. [2]
- ^ Tourists threaten Il Postino beach [3]
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