

“Dreams do come true.”
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
Directed by Michael Radford, Alberto Passone
User score
1,233 votes
Released
September 22, 1994
1h 54m
Spanish, Italian
Budget → Revenue
$3M → $33M

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)

Giovanna Sanfilippo
Tavern Worker (uncredited)