AzzurroMovie
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...
About Azzurro
Azzurro is a 2000 drama movie directed by Denis Rabaglia.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 24m, production credits from France, Italy, Switzerland, an original language code of IT.
The credited cast includes Paolo Villaggio, Francesca Pipoli, Marie-Christine Barrault, Jean-Luc Bideau. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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