|
Precio
Board's (USA)
Buy it for:
Consulta
nuestra
sección de cine
|
Il Postino
(The Postman)
1994
-
Italy,
Belgium,
France
- 108 min -
Feature, Color
Director:
Michael Radford
Cast:
Massimo Troisi,
Philippe Noiret,
Maria Grazia
Cucinotta,
Linda Moretti,
Renato Scarpa.
More Information:
All Movie Guide
Características del DVD
- Lang.: Italian,
French
/ Sub. in English. R
Alquílela
por (rent it for): $3.77
(dos días - two days)
Si vive en
Weston (if you live in Weston):
Sinopsis
In this remake of the 1983
Ardiente
Paciencia by
Antonio
Skarmeta, the time and place have been changed to Italy in the 1950s, but
the relationship between the Chilean Nobel Prize-winning poet
Pablo
Neruda and Mario (Massimo
Troisi), the postman who delivers his copious mail, is still the focus of
attention. In this version of the story, scripted by a collective of
Anna Pavignano,
the director
Michael Radford,
Troisi
himself, and a few others (based on
Skarmeta's
original story), Neruda is an aloof and slightly elitist figure who is seeking
solitude on an island off the coast of Italy, taking a respite from political
problems at home. Mario is a poet at heart and employs every measure he is
capable of inventing to win his way into the affections and attention of the
great author. As his efforts start to bear fruit and Neruda unbends and begins
to share conversation and philosophy with Mario, the postman idolizes the poet
all the more. Eventually, Neruda shares his leftist political philosophy as
well — and helps him win over the captivating Beatrice, the woman of Mario's
dreams. When Neruda leaves, Mario enters into high gear as he prepares
material for the next time he sees Neruda — his ardor and patience, alluded to
in the original title — are essentially indestructible. (Massimo
Troisi) was fated never to know that
Il Postino
would receive worldwide acclaim and be nominated for an Oscar for "Best
Picture" in 1995 (the first foreign film nominated in that category since
Ingmar Bergman's
Cries and
Whispers 22 years earlier). Suffering from a heart ailment and unable to
work more than an hour or two on the filming of
Il Postino
each day, he died in his sleep at the age of 41, the day after shooting ended
on the film.
|
