The postman

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Movie
German title The postman
Original title Il Postino
Country of production Italy
original language Italian
Publishing year 1994
length 108 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Michael Radford
script Michael Radford
production Mario Cecchi Gori
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Gaetano Daniele
music Luis Bacalov
camera Franco di Giacomo
cut Roberto Perpignani
occupation

The Postman (Original: Il postino ) is a film by director Michael Radford , shot in 1994 on the island of Procida in the Gulf of Naples and on the Aeolian island of Salina off the north coast of Sicily .

The film is based on the novel With burning patience (original title: Ardiente paciencia ) by Antonio Skármeta .

action

The film is set on a small Italian island in the 1950s. The Chilean poet and Nobel Prize winner for literature, Pablo Neruda , who lives here in exile with his wife, is showered with letters from his followers. The shy fisherman Mario Ruoppolo takes a job as a private postman in Neruda and brings him large amounts of mail every day, including countless love letters.

A deep friendship slowly develops between the unequal men. Spurred on by Neruda's success with women, Mario begins to read his poems and let him initiate him into the secrets of his success. Neruda conveys a love of poetry to Mario, who never went to school, and Mario finally takes the courage to use Neruda's words, which he pretends to be his own, to woo the beautiful but aloof Beatrice. He succeeds in winning her over. They get married, and Neruda becomes their best man. At the same time, he received the message that he could return to his home country.

A few years later, Neruda comes to visit the island. He immediately meets Mario and Beatrice's little son, whom they have given the name "Pablito" out of love and respect for Neruda. Beatrice reveals to the unexpected visitor that Mario had never seen his son because he was killed in a scuffle at a demonstration by the communists, for which Mario was politically enthusiastic, before his son was born. However, he had left a present for his friend. Inspired by Neruda's request to Mario at the time to describe the beauty of his home island, he had a tape with various noises, e.g. B. the sea, the wind or the little heart of Pablito. In addition, Mario had dedicated a poem to him, which he wanted to recite at the political event, but which never happened.

Awards

The film won 18 film awards worldwide, including the most important Italian film award in 1995, the David di Donatello . He was nominated five times for the Oscar in 1996 (Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Music / Drama) and received the award in the category for the best film music . In 1997 he received the Prix ​​Lumières for the best foreign film .

criticism

The lexicon of the international film judged: “With quiet comedy and stylistically reflecting the innocence of its hero, the film sensitively paints the picture of a male friendship apart from clichés. Political echoes remain vague in the melancholy mood. "

additional

Leading actor Massimo Troisi postponed urgently needed heart surgery so as not to hinder the completion of the shoot. One day after the shooting ended, he suffered a heart attack and died from it.

Il Postino is a remake of Ardiente paciencia ( Eng . Title With burning patience ), which Skármeta realized in 1983 while in exile in Germany. Was shot Ardiente paciencia in Portugal with Chilean actors. The actor in Neruda, Roberto Parada, came straight from Chile for the shooting. In the novel, the action takes place in a Chilean fishing village.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Postman. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ 128 pages. From p. 99 Commentary, interpretation, remarks on the 2 film adaptations, work proposals