It deals with a agreeable story allegedly based on real events about a timid villager (the sick Massimo Troisi, all-too apparent from his gaunt intervention), son of a local fisher, who winds up the personal postman of poet Pablo Neruda (Philippe Noiret) who is exiled from his intimate Chile, granted asylum by the Italian goverment, and who finds himself living in the tiny Italian community of Black Island, Isla Negra. Meanwhile, the postman falls in love for a beautiful barmaid (Maria Grazia Cuzzinota) .Then the poet attempts to help him win her with words.
A dramatic and amusing film with a simple plot, including several touching and moving scenes . Inspired by by an incident in Neruda's life, it is an engaging mingling of sunny romance and easy humor and takes hold from the start and never lets s go. Much of its seductive attraction derives from the exellence of the leads . Nicely played by Philippe Noiret as the beloved poet and giving a powerful acting. The shy postman finely performed by Massimo Troisi, but he was gravely ill, needing a heart trasplant during the making of the movie and he passed away day after was completed, in fact, the picture is dedicated to him. This is a sympathetic and bittersweet movie with a few characters but vey well described and wonderfully played . Being based on the prestigious novel titled Burning palace by Antonio Skameta.
It contains an enjoyable musical score by Luis Enrique Bacalov that won Academy Award. The motion picture was well directed by Michael Radford who has directed a few but good films, such as : Another time another place, Nineteen eighty four, White mischief, B Monkey, Dancing at the blue iguana, Ten minutes older the cello, The Merchant of Venice, Flawless, among others. Rating 7/10. Better than average. Worthwhile seeing. Essential and indispensable watching.
A dramatic and amusing film with a simple plot, including several touching and moving scenes . Inspired by by an incident in Neruda's life, it is an engaging mingling of sunny romance and easy humor and takes hold from the start and never lets s go. Much of its seductive attraction derives from the exellence of the leads . Nicely played by Philippe Noiret as the beloved poet and giving a powerful acting. The shy postman finely performed by Massimo Troisi, but he was gravely ill, needing a heart trasplant during the making of the movie and he passed away day after was completed, in fact, the picture is dedicated to him. This is a sympathetic and bittersweet movie with a few characters but vey well described and wonderfully played . Being based on the prestigious novel titled Burning palace by Antonio Skameta.
It contains an enjoyable musical score by Luis Enrique Bacalov that won Academy Award. The motion picture was well directed by Michael Radford who has directed a few but good films, such as : Another time another place, Nineteen eighty four, White mischief, B Monkey, Dancing at the blue iguana, Ten minutes older the cello, The Merchant of Venice, Flawless, among others. Rating 7/10. Better than average. Worthwhile seeing. Essential and indispensable watching.