Monday, May 2, 2011

IL POSTINO - 1994

Il Postino is a 1994 Italian film directed by Michael Radford. The film tells a fictional story in which the real life Chilean poet Pablo Neruda forms a relationship with a simple postman who learns to love poetry. It stars Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi, and Maria Grazia Cucinotta.

Writer/star Massimo Troisi postponed heart surgery so that he could complete the film. The day after filming was completed, he suffered a fatal heart attack.

The soundtrack from the film is equally as beautiful as the film. In 1994 to promote the film, Miramax published The Postman (Il Postino): Music From The Miramax Motion Picture, which besides the film's score, composed by Luis Enríquez Bacalov, includes Neruda's poems recited by many celebrities. There are a total of 31 tracks. The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music.

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