The Original is Always the best
I saw this on PBS in the 1980s, and knew Il Postino was a remake, but forgot the name of this one until now. "Stop, wait a minute Mr. Postman".
Play the game existence 'til the end...of the beginning...
"Il Postino" is not a remake of this film, but rather it is based on the same book.
I am not too sure either Radford or Troisi ever watched this one before coming up with their own project too.