Baaria vs The Postman

The Postman has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.2/10 for Baaria). The Postman is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 2h 40m. The Postman is the older of the two (1994 against 2009). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Baaria posterBaaria2009 VS The Postman posterThe Postman1994
BaariaThe Postman
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 7.9/10
Year20091994
Length2h 40m1h 49m
GenresComedy, Drama, RomanceComedy, Drama, Romance
Country––
DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreMichael Radford
Main castGaetano Aronica, Paolo Briguglia, Ángela Molina, Raoul Bova, Aldo BaglioMaria Grazia Cucinotta, Renato Scarpa, Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret, Linda Moretti

Synopsis

Baaria

Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual community.

The Postman

Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

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