Foreign Film Night: "Il Postino: The Postman"
Name:
Foreign Film Night: "Il Postino: The Postman"
Date:
April 26, 2017
Time:
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM MDT
Website:
http://basaltlibrary.org
Event Description:
When exiled Cuban poet Pablo NerudaMonthly Foreign Film Night at Basalt Regional Library. Showing in April is the Italian film "Il Postino". When exiled Cuban poet Pablo Neruda arrives on a tiny Italian isle, there's so much new mail that Mario an unemployed, uneducated layabout, is hired as a postman. His job is simply to deliver Neruda's daily mail. Mario soon becomes a student of the poet, learning the art of poetry to woo a local barmaid and tell about the struggles of the working-class villagers. A firm friendship develops, and the postman turns into a changed man.