Azzurro

Movie
Audience Score
73
Azzurro
NR 1 hr 24 min
75yearold 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 7yearold Carla is blind The whole family looks forward hopefully to the day when Carlas 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 48hour trip Giuseppe and Carlas visit in Switzerland becomes a journey that both grandfather and granddaughter never dreamt of
StarringPaolo VillaggioFrancesca PipoliMarie-Christine Barrault
DirectorDenis Rabaglia

Movie Details

Movie Budget:$3,100,000
Original Language:Italian
Production Companies:Alhena Films CFilms Gam Films RSI RAI Cinema