Many themes were displayed throughout the movie El Postino. This film is about a low class postman the delivers mail. He meets Pablo Narudo, a famous poet, one day, while riding through his route. The postman, Mario, was an aspiring poet and he wanted Narudo to teach how to write poetry.
One topic of themes that is demonstrated in the film is love. Love does not depend on what social class you belong to. Mario fell in love with a waitress in the restaurant and while they weren’t total opposites on the social class scale, they still managed to be together, even with all of the complications. Another theme about love is that when Narudo left for Chile, he sort of forgot about Mario and his family. Finally, a few years later, Narudo comes back to Italy, where Mario lived, only to find that Mario was killed in a communist raid. This made Narudo realize that he really did miss Mario. He did not appreciate their friendship until it was no more.
One topic of themes that is demonstrated in the film is love. Love does not depend on what social class you belong to. Mario fell in love with a waitress in the restaurant and while they weren’t total opposites on the social class scale, they still managed to be together, even with all of the complications. Another theme about love is that when Narudo left for Chile, he sort of forgot about Mario and his family. Finally, a few years later, Narudo comes back to Italy, where Mario lived, only to find that Mario was killed in a communist raid. This made Narudo realize that he really did miss Mario. He did not appreciate their friendship until it was no more.
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