Azzurro 23 years old

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...

Credits

Tom Novembre as Philippe

Paolo Villaggio as Giuseppe De Metrio

Renato Scarpa as Giorgio

Jean-Luc Bideau as Gaston Broyer

Julien Boisselier as Pascal Broyer

Antonio Petrocelli as Roberto De Metrio

Azzurro Cast

Name	Character
Tom Novembre He was 40, now 64 years old	as Philippe
Paolo Villaggio He was 67, 84 years old when he died	as Giuseppe De Metrio
Renato Scarpa He was 60, now 84 years old	as Giorgio
Jean-Luc Bideau He was 59, now 83 years old	as Gaston Broyer
Julien Boisselier He was 30, now 53 years old	as Pascal Broyer
Antonio Petrocelli He was 46, now 70 years old	as Roberto De Metrio
Marie-Christine Barrault She was 56, now 80 years old	as Elizabeth Broyer
Soraya Gomaa	as Lucia De Metrio
Francesca Pipoli	as Carla De Metrio
Anna Ferruzzo She was 34, now 58 years old	as Female Nurse

Azzurro Crew

Name	Department
Denis Rabaglia as Director. He was 34 (now 57) years old	Directing

Azzurro (23 years)

Release day: Saturday, August 12, 2000
Runtime: 84 minutes
Budget: 3100000.00