About this Event
Join us for a night filled with Italian cinema at the Hamilton Italian Centre - SDI Hamilton Community Corporation.
Join us for a viewing of the film "Il Postino".
Overview:
Set in the 1950s on a small Italian island, Il Postino is the poignant story of Mario (Massimo Troisi), a humble semi-educated postman, whose only job is to deliver mail to the famous, Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda (Philippe Noiret). Neruda is spending a brief period of his exile on the quiet island of fishermen. An endearing and life-altering friendship slowly emerges between the two, during which Mario develops an intense passion for poetry and for the newly arrived, beautiful Beatrice. But the period of harmony and bliss does not last ….
(Awards for Best Film, Best Actor and Supporting Actor, Best Musical Film Score etc.)
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 31 at 7:00 pm
Ernesto Virgulti will present the film and inform the post-screening discussion.
A reception will follow the film screening. Tickets: $10
The film is in Italian with English subtitles.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Hamilton Italian Centre - SDI Hamilton, 420 Crerar Drive, Hamilton, Canada
CAD 10.00
