Azzurro

– 75-year-old Giuseppe De Metrio has spent 30 years in Geneva, as foreign worker for the Broyer compan..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 24 Minutes
Release Year:
2000
Azzurro (2000)

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...

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Release Date:

02 Aug 2001

Language:

Italian, French

Director:

Denis Rabaglia

Writer:

Denis Rabaglia, Luca de Benedittis, Antoine Jaccoud

Main Actors:

Paolo Villaggio, Francesca Pipoli, Marie-Christine Barrault, Jean-Luc Bideau

Plot:

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....

Awards:

6 wins & 2 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10