De schuchtere visserszoon Mario woont op het eiland waar dichter Pablo Neruda zijn toevlucht zoekt. De eilandbewoners reageren enthousiast op Neruda's komst en onthalen hem als een ware volksheld.
Nee, helaas is Il postino nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Michael Radford | Director |
| Writing | Antonio Skármeta | Novel |
| Production | Mario Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Production | Vittorio Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Production | Gaetano Daniele | Producer |
| Sound | Luis Bacalov | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Franco Di Giacomo | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Roberto Perpignani | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gianna Gissi | Costume Design |
| Art | Lorenzo Baraldi | Production Design |
| Production | Vincenzo Testa | Production Manager |
| Production | Alberto Passone | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Gerardo Ferrara | Stunt Double |
| Writing | Scarpelli | Story |
| Writing | Giacomo Scarpelli | Story |
| Sound | Massimo Loffredi | Sound |
| Directing | Massimo Troisi | Co-Director |
| Directing | Gaia Gorrini | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Raffaele Veneruso | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Elide Cortesi | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alfredo Marazzi | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Simone Marazzi | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Léone Noël | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ferdinando Merolla | Hair Department Head |
| Directing | Stefano Veneruso | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Laura Casalini | Assistant Production Design |
| Camera | Stefano Coletta | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Ernesto Natoli | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Ettore Mancini | Boom Operator |
| Editing | Rita Triunveri | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Lidia Pascolini | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Alessandra Perpignani | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Ezio Marcorin | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Angelo Raguseo | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Paolo Amici | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Tullio Arcangeli | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Giulio D'Angeli | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Saverio Lancia | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Ezio Marcorin | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Daniele Masini | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Augusto Penna | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Roberto Sterbini | Sound Effects |
| Lighting | Valerio Garzia | Electrician |
| Lighting | Alberto Altibrandi | Electrician |
| Lighting | Rolando Marcheggiani | Electrician |
| Lighting | Giancarlo Bachetti | Electrician |
| Camera | Elio Bosi | Grip |
| Camera | Piero Bosi | Grip |
| Writing | Massimo Troisi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Michael Radford | Screenplay |
