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Il Postino (1994)
The Postman
108 mins
type: 
owned
genre(s):
COMEDY
DRAMA
ROMANCE

Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

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namecharacter
Maria Grazia Cucinotta Beatrice Russo
Philippe Noiret Pablo Neruda
Renato Scarpa Telegrapher
Massimo Troisi Mario Ruoppolo
name 
Luis Enríquez Bacalov composer
Gaetano Daniele producer
Mario Cecchi Gori producer
Vittorio Cecchi Gori producer
Michael Radford director
Furio Scarpelli screenplay
Giacomo Scarpelli screenplay
Antonio Skármeta writer (original)
yearawardcategoryname
1995 BAFTA Best Direction Michael Radford
1996 London Critics' Circle Film Award British Director of the Year Michael Radford
1996 London Critics' Circle Film Award Foreign Language Film of the Year