Azzurro
2000, Italian. Directed by Denis Rabaglia.
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...
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
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Cast & crew
- Denis RabagliaDirector
- Paolo VillaggioGiuseppe De Metrio
- Francesca PipoliCarla De Metrio
- Marie-Christine BarraultElizabeth Broyer
- Jean-Luc BideauGaston Broyer
- Renato ScarpaGiorgio
- Julien BoisselierPascal Broyer
- Antonio PetrocelliRoberto De Metrio
- Soraya SalaLucia De Metrio
- Tom NovembrePhilippe
- Graziano GiustiProf. Papaleo
- Anna FerruzzoFemale Nurse
Details
- Released
- 12 August 2000
- Country
- France, Italy, Switzerland
- Written by
- Antoine Jaccoud, Denis Rabaglia, Luca de Benedittis
- Budget
- $3.1M
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Azzurro runs 84 minutes (1h 24m).
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Who directed Azzurro?
Azzurro (2000) was directed by Denis Rabaglia and stars Paolo Villaggio, Francesca Pipoli, Marie-Christine Barrault.