邮差

马里奥（马西莫•特罗西 Massimo Troisi 饰）是一个渔民的儿子，他并不喜欢大海，却当上了邮递员，专门负责小岛上信件的发送。 　　小岛上住着智利诗人聂鲁达（菲利浦•诺瓦雷 Philippe Noiret 饰）和他的妻子。聂鲁达被流放至此地，他擅长写诗，才华横溢。马里奥每天都收发很多聂鲁达的信件。在频繁的接触中，马里奥越发崇拜这个诗人，他热衷于跟聂鲁达讨论诗，学习诗。当爱上岛上的美丽姑娘后，马里奥经常跟聂鲁达倾诉心事，并最终用诗打动了姑娘的芳心，二人结成伉俪。 　　直到聂鲁达离开小岛，马里奥仍然坚持着对诗的热爱。他继续写诗，正打算在工人集会上读诗，却遭致了意想不到的灾难。Pablo Neruda, the famous Chilean poet, is exiled to a small island for political reasons. On the island, the unemployed son of a poor fisherman is hired as an extra postman due to the huge increase in mail that this causes. Il Postino is to hand-deliver the celebrity's mail to him. Though poorly educated, the postman learns to love poetry and eventually befriends Neruda. Struggling to grow and express himself more fully, he suddenly falls in love and needs Neruda's help and guidance more than ever.