“When you explain poetry, it becomes banal. Better than any explanation is the experience of
feelings that poetry can reveal to a nature open enough to understand it.” It’s a story about metaphors and a beautiful story it is.The story has a lot of unforgettable dialogue, including quote such as the previous one. It’s when the poet explains to his postman what poetry is. The late Massimo Troisi plays Mario Ruoppolo, a shy and goofy postman who delivers mail to the new talk of the town, none other than the famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, played by Philippe Noriet. Neruda has been exiled from his beloved country and finds himself alone with his wife in a beautiful town on the Italian coast. He makes headlines because his poetry has captured the hearts of many women. Mario’s position as postman is only temporary as he has been hired only to deliver mail to Neruda while he stays in town. The awkward behavior the first few times Mario sees Neruda serve as some of the film’s funnier scenes. As the days pass, Mario and Neruda begin to establish a friendship. Neruda explains to Mario what le metafore, metaphors, are and the ways poetry works. Inspired, Mario attempts to create his own metaphors.
The big inspiration however, comes from Beatrice. In this movie, Beatrice is
even more beautiful than Dante Alighieri leads us to imagine. Beatrice Russo, played by Maria Grazia Cucinotta, is a waitress at her family’s bar. Mario claims that he has fallen in love with her after they exchange a few words. He immediately seeks the help of Neruda to win the heart of Beatrice. Neruda tries to help him by going to the bar with him. Slowly but surely Beatrice is captured by Mario’s effort to win her over. He invents laughable yet sweet metaphors for her, such as, “Your smile spreads like a butterfly”, and you can rest assured that it sounds much more seductive when said in Italian. Beatrice and Mario get married and Mario chooses Neruda to be his best man at the wedding. To Mario’s surprise Neruda makes an announcement at the wedding reception that he and his wife can move back to Chile. Before Neruda’s departure he tells Mario that he is leaving some things here and he will send news later as to where Mario should send them.
As time passes Mario doesn’t hear from Neruda but continues to read about him in newspapers; the former postman becomes very discouraged when he reads an article that he should’ve been mentioned in. As the movie nears to an end Beatrice becomes pregnant and Mario writes a poem that he will read in front of a large crowd. A tragic ending renders the movie unforgettable. Massimo Troisi died after the filming of this movie, which is why it was dedicated to him. It’s truly a heart warming story about life, love, and one of the most beautiful tools in life, metaphors. Our own lives become a sort of poem. They start brilliantly, slowly moving along with highs and lows, and then they end, sometimes sweetly, and sometimes tragically.
feelings that poetry can reveal to a nature open enough to understand it.” It’s a story about metaphors and a beautiful story it is.The story has a lot of unforgettable dialogue, including quote such as the previous one. It’s when the poet explains to his postman what poetry is. The late Massimo Troisi plays Mario Ruoppolo, a shy and goofy postman who delivers mail to the new talk of the town, none other than the famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, played by Philippe Noriet. Neruda has been exiled from his beloved country and finds himself alone with his wife in a beautiful town on the Italian coast. He makes headlines because his poetry has captured the hearts of many women. Mario’s position as postman is only temporary as he has been hired only to deliver mail to Neruda while he stays in town. The awkward behavior the first few times Mario sees Neruda serve as some of the film’s funnier scenes. As the days pass, Mario and Neruda begin to establish a friendship. Neruda explains to Mario what le metafore, metaphors, are and the ways poetry works. Inspired, Mario attempts to create his own metaphors.
The big inspiration however, comes from Beatrice. In this movie, Beatrice is
even more beautiful than Dante Alighieri leads us to imagine. Beatrice Russo, played by Maria Grazia Cucinotta, is a waitress at her family’s bar. Mario claims that he has fallen in love with her after they exchange a few words. He immediately seeks the help of Neruda to win the heart of Beatrice. Neruda tries to help him by going to the bar with him. Slowly but surely Beatrice is captured by Mario’s effort to win her over. He invents laughable yet sweet metaphors for her, such as, “Your smile spreads like a butterfly”, and you can rest assured that it sounds much more seductive when said in Italian. Beatrice and Mario get married and Mario chooses Neruda to be his best man at the wedding. To Mario’s surprise Neruda makes an announcement at the wedding reception that he and his wife can move back to Chile. Before Neruda’s departure he tells Mario that he is leaving some things here and he will send news later as to where Mario should send them.As time passes Mario doesn’t hear from Neruda but continues to read about him in newspapers; the former postman becomes very discouraged when he reads an article that he should’ve been mentioned in. As the movie nears to an end Beatrice becomes pregnant and Mario writes a poem that he will read in front of a large crowd. A tragic ending renders the movie unforgettable. Massimo Troisi died after the filming of this movie, which is why it was dedicated to him. It’s truly a heart warming story about life, love, and one of the most beautiful tools in life, metaphors. Our own lives become a sort of poem. They start brilliantly, slowly moving along with highs and lows, and then they end, sometimes sweetly, and sometimes tragically.
“IMDb – The Internet Movie Database.” Postino, Il. 1995. IMDb. 14 July 2008. <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110877/>
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