For a Handful of Books

Season 18 Episode 1: Neruda's Postman (by Antonio Skármeta)

In the first episode of the new season, the 5°F class of the "G. Galilei" Classical High School in Florence is competing with the 5°G class of the "Vincenzo Cuoco" Linguistic-Scientific High School in Naples. The text they are competing on is a very well-known book, if only for the film that was made from it. It is in fact Il postino di Neruda, the novel by the Chilean writer Antonio Skármeta, linked to the name of Massimo Troisi. It is an opportunity to also talk metaphorically about poetry, its relevance, the feelings that can only be expressed in verse. Let's see the relationship that the kids have with poetry, let's discover which poets are their favorites and which are their least favorites. Let's also try to go further, to understand that poetry is above all a look, the ability to see things in their most intimate meaning, in the resonance that they arouse in us.

Genre:

Talk

Seasons:

23

Episodes:

453

Actor:

Piero D'Orfles, Geppi Cucciari

Quality:

HD

Status:

Ended

First Air:

1998

IMDb:

9.0