This thesis is a study on the aspects and meaning of `metaphor` in the film Il postino directed by Michael Radford. This film treats of poetry and metaphor. This film has many explanations and scenes about poetry and metaphor. In this film story, Pablo Neruda and Mario tells about those. In addition to that, this film shows many poetic scenes and metaphoric images. Therefore Il postino suggests that there is some resemblance between a film and a poetry(literature). Metaphor connotes a similarity or an analogy between A and B. From the viewpoint of that Il postino explains metaphorically about metaphor. Because this film deals with metaphor in contents and in method. In contents, Mario and Neruda become intimate with mutually through metaphorical expressions, and the other characters make free use of abundant metaphor. In method, this film has many lyrical, symbolic scenes, and romantic, pathetic background music. Il postino connects between Mario and Neruda, mediates between daily language and poetic language, intervenes between literature and film. In brief, Il postino is filled with metaphor. Metaphor is not only literary embellishments or rhetorical flourishes but also method of understand and explain the world. To sum up, Metaphor is a frame of analyze and interpretate this film.