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Il postino (1994)

cast: Maria CucinottaAnna BonaiutoMariano RigilloMaria Grazia CucinottaPhilippe NoiretMassimo TroisiRenato ScarpaLinda Moretti
rating: PG
director: Michael Radford
writer: Anna PavignanoMichael RadfordFurio ScarpelliGiacomo ScarpelliAntonio SkármetaMassimo Troisi
synopsis
When exiled Cuban poet Pablo Neruda (Philippe Noiret) arrives on a tiny Italian islethere's so much new mail that Mario (Massimo Troisi)an unemployeduneducated layaboutis hired as a postman. His job is simply to deliver Neruda's daily mail. Mario soon becomes a student of the poetlearning the art of poetry to woo a local barmaid (Maria Grazia Cucinotta) and tell about the struggles of the working-class villagers. A firm friendship developsand the postman turns into a changed man.
running time: 116 min.
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