Italian for Beginners vs The Postman
The Postman has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.4/10 for Italian for Beginners). The Postman is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 1h 58m. The Postman is the older of the two (1994 against 2000). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Italian for Beginners
The Postman| Italian for Beginners | The Postman | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.4/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 1994 |
| Length | 1h 58m | 1h 49m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Denmark | – |
| Director | Lone Scherfig | Michael Radford |
| Main cast | Peter Gantzler, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk, Lars Kaalund | Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Renato Scarpa, Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret, Linda Moretti |
Synopsis
Italian for Beginners
Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.
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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