: An unlikely friendship develops as Neruda teaches Mario the power of poetry and metaphor.
: Mario uses these poetic lessons to woo Beatriz , the local innkeeper's daughter, eventually winning her heart despite her mother's fierce opposition. Ardiente Paciencia
The story is set in the early 1970s in the coastal village of Isla Negra, Chile. It follows , a young man who shuns his father's fishing trade to become a postman. His only client is the legendary poet Pablo Neruda , who is living in semi-exile. : An unlikely friendship develops as Neruda teaches