Saturday, October 6, 2012

Il Postino: The Postman - Review: Worth watching?

Il Postino: The Postman - Movie review - is it really worth watching?

IMDB Rating:  7.6/10  


Il Postino: The Postman -"a movie, which portrays a friendship between a Post Man and world's best poet"


Genre: Drama, Romantic

Director: Michael Radford { Indian connection: Born in New Delhi, prior independence)

Can we watch it?

If you are interested in Drama genre, then this is highly recommended and even non drama movie fans will like this movie. This portrays a beautiful friendship between a well known poet and a postman, whose task is only to deliver the letters to the poet.

The postman seeks the help of the poet, for his love and he also succeeds. Then comes the hard part of the separation, but yet the postman never forgets his poet friend. Days pass by and the climax will surely touch your heart.


This movie was released in 1994.

Real life Facts:  When you are yet to recover from the climax, you will be shocked to know that the hero of the film Massimo Troisi died 12 hours after the shooting of the movie was finished. He postponed his heart surgery just to finish the movie. He died in 1994.

 Rating: 8/10

Oscar Awards won:

Academy Award for Best Music (Original Dramatic Score) - Luis Enríquez Bacalov

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