Azzurro (2000)

  • 6
  • 08/12/2000 (CH)
  • Drama
  • 1h 24m

Overview

75-year-old Giuseppe De Metrio has spent 30 years in Geneva, as foreign worker for the Broyer company. Upon retirement, he returned to Puglia, Italy, where his family had continued to live. His only grandchild, 7-year-old Carla, is blind. The whole family looks forward hopefully to the day when Carla's sight can be restored by means of a cornea transplantation. After a heart attack, Giuseppe decides to wait no longer and returns to Switzerland to ask his former boss Mr. Broyer for the money necessary for the operation, as an old promise binds the two men. Intended as a 48-hour trip, Giuseppe and Carla's visit in Switzerland becomes a journey that both grandfather and granddaughter never dreamt of...

Denis Rabaglia

Director, Story, Screenplay

Luca de Benedittis

Screenplay

Antoine Jaccoud

Screenplay

Cast

Paolo Villaggio's headshot

Paolo Villaggio

Giuseppe De Metrio
Francesca Pipoli's headshot

Francesca Pipoli

Carla De Metrio
Marie-Christine Barrault's headshot

Marie-Christine Barrault

Elizabeth Broyer
Jean-Luc Bideau's headshot

Jean-Luc Bideau

Gaston Broyer
Renato Scarpa's headshot

Renato Scarpa

Giorgio
Julien Boisselier's headshot

Julien Boisselier

Pascal Broyer
Antonio Petrocelli's headshot

Antonio Petrocelli

Roberto De Metrio
Soraya Sala's headshot

Soraya Sala

Lucia De Metrio

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