IL POSTINO

The film won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language. The film's score, composed by Luis Enríquez Bacalov, won the Academy Award for Original Music Score. The film was also nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Massimo Troisi), Best Director, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

Massimo Troisi, as the postman, came to international fame through the success of Il Postino, directed by Michael Radford. Troisi, who was only 41 years old, died in 1994 of a massive heart attack in his sister's house in Ostia (Rome) just twelve hours after the main filming on Il Postino had finished. It was reported that he postponed surgery to complete the film.