Il Postino contains many themes of love, social class and poetry. It displays these themes when Pablo Neruda becomes close friends with a resident mailman, Mario, in Italy after Neruda is exiled from his hometown, Chile. The movie had its moments when it displayed the themes.
The film displays themes of love when Mario falls for a waitress name Beatrice. Once he falls in love, he then asks Neruda to help him impress Beatrice so he may fall in love with him also. This situation also displays another version of love known as friendship. When Neruda helps Mario get the girl he has heavily fallen in love with without knowing anything about he shows a strong display of friendship. He helps Mario by writing a love poem to her. He also helped by walking with him along the beach to think of metaphors. Also there is a love for country when Mario makes the recoding for Neruda to display the beautiful things for of his country.
Il Postino doesn’t make strong references towards social classes. They do show Neruda in light clothing and Mario in dark clothing. During this time and in this area most wealthy people would wear light clothing. This was proven true when the only opportunity Mario had for making money was by being a fisherman.
The film makes strong forwards towards poetry. Its first reference towards poetry is when Neruda tells Mario of metaphors. He explains to him that u may make metaphors out of everyday things. He also shows him by taking him to the beach and telling him to watch and describe the water. Later in the movie he helps Mario create a metaphor by reading a piece of poetry to him and Mario describes how he feels.
The film displays themes of love when Mario falls for a waitress name Beatrice. Once he falls in love, he then asks Neruda to help him impress Beatrice so he may fall in love with him also. This situation also displays another version of love known as friendship. When Neruda helps Mario get the girl he has heavily fallen in love with without knowing anything about he shows a strong display of friendship. He helps Mario by writing a love poem to her. He also helped by walking with him along the beach to think of metaphors. Also there is a love for country when Mario makes the recoding for Neruda to display the beautiful things for of his country.
Il Postino doesn’t make strong references towards social classes. They do show Neruda in light clothing and Mario in dark clothing. During this time and in this area most wealthy people would wear light clothing. This was proven true when the only opportunity Mario had for making money was by being a fisherman.
The film makes strong forwards towards poetry. Its first reference towards poetry is when Neruda tells Mario of metaphors. He explains to him that u may make metaphors out of everyday things. He also shows him by taking him to the beach and telling him to watch and describe the water. Later in the movie he helps Mario create a metaphor by reading a piece of poetry to him and Mario describes how he feels.
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