Comedy / Drama / Romance /

Score: 79.3%( 1166 votes )

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

Cast:

Massimo Troisi
Mario Ruoppolo

Philippe Noiret
Pablo Neruda

Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Beatrice Russo

Renato Scarpa
Telegrapher

Linda Moretti
Donna Rosa

Mariano Rigillo
Di Cosimo

Anna Bonaiuto
Matilde

Sergio Solli
Peasant

Carlo Di Maio
Priest

Nando Neri

Vincenzo Di Sauro

Orazio Stracuzzi

Alfredo Cozzolino
Di Cosimo's Associate

Simona Caparrini
Elsa Morante (uncredited)

Calogero Azzaretto
Bookseller (uncredited)

Assunta Stacconi
Old Woman in Church (uncredited)

Angelo Casadei
Cinema Spectator (uncredited)