Azzurro (2000)
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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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Paolo VillaggioGiuseppe De MetrioFrancesca PipoliCarla De Metrio
Marie-Christine BarraultElizabeth Broyer
Jean-Luc BideauGaston Broyer
Renato ScarpaGiorgio
Julien BoisselierPascal Broyer
Antonio PetrocelliRoberto De MetrioSoraya SalaLucia De Metrio
Tom NovembrePhilippe
Graziano GiustiProf. Papaleo
Anna FerruzzoFemale NurseMovie DNA
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What is Azzurro about?
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...
How long is Azzurro?
Azzurro has a runtime of 84 minutes.