The beautiful island has hidden the noise of life, leaving only the eyes of the poet and the taste of the sea. The melodious organ, the gently flapping waves, and a glass of red wine in the tavern are the melody of life here.
Uneasy about fishing like his ancestors did, Mario met the exiled Chilean communist poet neruda because he took a job as a temporary postman. Envy of the great poet's female relationship, mario developed a great interest in poetry, and in the process of asking neruda for poetry, they gradually became friends. Borrowing neruda's touching love song verse, Mario finally gets his wish to marry the woman he fell in love with at first sight (that's really a standard Italian beauty).
Mario is a very ordinary young man who has fantasies, but he has no special skills. You can even say that he is a little unrealistic. Hanhan is stupid, not good at talking, his eyes are flickering, but he has a pure and emotional heart, just like the waves that beat the coast day and night, so ordinary that you can't see his existence. As sensual as he is, he can feel the boat swaying in words, as bold as him, madly in love with the prettiest girl in town at first sight, as humble as him, in the ghost letter from the secretary sent by neruda a year after he left Without leaving him a few words, he would only say, who am I, how can I deserve to be remembered by someone like neruda, even though his eyes are already full of loss. As kind as he is, he is blamed for being exploited by the fisherman, and he loves his poet friend staunchly and fervently~
Although neruda indirectly caused mario's tragedy, we can't say that meeting is not a beautiful thing, after all, because neruda , Mario's ordinary life once bloomed with stars.
“[Poetry] becomes dull when you explain it. Explanation never gets that natural presentation that poetry can capture.” It’s most persuasive on its own.
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