1 Movie Starring Francesca Pipoli

Azzurro

Azzurro

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-08-02

Languages:

Italian, French

Countries:

Switzerland, France, Italy

Runtime:

84 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (129 Reviews)

Director:

Denis Rabaglia

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Denis Rabaglia

Luca de Benedittis

Antoine Jaccoud

Fullplot:

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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