''Burning Patience'' (

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: ''Ardiente paciencia'') is a 2022 Chilean romantic

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film directed by Rodrigo Sepúlveda and written by Guillermo Calderón. It is based on the novel ''

Ardiente paciencia ''Ardiente paciencia'', or ''El cartero de Neruda'', is a 1985 novel by Antonio Skármeta. The novel was published in the English market under the title ''The Postman''. It tells the story of Mario Jiménez, a fictional postman who befriends th ...

'' (The Postman) by

Antonio Skármeta Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic (November 7, 1940 – October 15, 2024) was a Chilean writer, screenwriter, and director. His novel '' Ardiente paciencia'' was the basis for the film ''Il Postino''. In Chile, he was popularly known for hostin ...

. It stars Vivianne Dietz and Andrew Bargsted. It is the first Netflix film produced in

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Synopsis

Set in 1969, it tells the story of Mario, a young

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who dreams of being a

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. Determined to fulfill his goal, he becomes the postman of the famous writer

Pablo Neruda Pablo Neruda ( ; ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 190423 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old an ...

. In this way, nurtured by his mentor, he will fight to become a writer and conquer Beatriz, his great love.

Cast

The actors participating in this film are: * as Mario * as Beatriz *

Claudio Arredondo Claudio Alejandro Marcelo Arredondo Medina (born 29 November 1962, in Santiago) is a Chilean film, theater and television actor and politician. Acting career He studied at the Fernando González Acting Academy. He began his career in 1982 ...

* as Elba * Amalia Kassai as Clarita * Rodolfo Pulgar as Cosme * Pablo Mecaya as Jorge * Trinidad Gonzáles as Elvira * Giordano Rossi as Julio

Production

On November 7, 2021,

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announced that it would produce, together with Fabula, a film based on the novel by

''.

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began April 4, 2022 in the town of

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, on the coast of Chile.

Release

''Burning Patience'' premiered in November 2022 in

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as part of the ''Galas'' section at the

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. The film released internationally on December 7, 2022 on Netflix.

References

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* {{IMDb title, 15939090 2022 films 2022 romantic drama films Chilean romantic drama films 2020s Spanish-language films 2020s Chilean films Cultural depictions of Pablo Neruda Films set in Chile Films shot in Chile Films set in 1969 Films about fishermen Films about writers Films about poets Films based on Chilean novels Netflix original films Spanish-language romantic drama films Fábula films