The Postman
“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.
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Studio
Esterno Mediterraneo Film
Language
it
Status
Released
How The Postman performed
Budget
$3.0M
Worldwide Gross
$33.0M
Gross Profit
$30.0M
Return
11.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Mario Ruoppolo
Massimo Troisi
Mario Ruoppolo
Pablo Neruda
Philippe Noiret
Pablo Neruda
Beatrice Russo
Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Beatrice Russo
Telegrapher
Renato Scarpa
Telegrapher
Donna Rosa
Linda Moretti
Donna Rosa
Di Cosimo
Mariano Rigillo
Di Cosimo
Matilde
Anna Bonaiuto
Matilde
Peasant
Sergio Solli
Peasant
Priest
Carlo Di Maio
Priest
Nando Neri
Vincenzo Di Sauro
Orazio Stracuzzi
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