Il Postino (1994)
Directed by Michael Radford
Comedy / Drama / Romance
aka: Il Postino: The Postman
Beautifully filmed on the island of Capri, with touching performances, Il Postino is a fitting memorial to its lead actor and co-screenwriter, Massimo Troisi, who was suffering from a heart defect whilst making the film and who died, aged 41, just after shooting the film was finished. Troisi's sudden death, coming so soon after making the film, gives the final scenes of the film a particularly accute sense of poignancy.