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A Postman of Paradise
A lyrical and gorgeous-looking movie based loosely on a true story, A Postman in Shangri-La tells the tale of a rural postal worker tasked with transporting a girl from the mountains into the nearest town so that she can move off to college.
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A lyrical and gorgeous-looking movie based loosely on a true story, A Postman in Shangri-La tells the tale of a rural postal worker tasked with transporting a girl from the mountains into the nearest town so that she can move off to college.
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