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Azzurro

Switzerland / Italy / France, August 2000
FILM, Fiction, 85 min.

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directed by
Denis Rabaglia
Written by
Denis Rabaglia, Luca de Benedittis, Antoine Jaccoud
Status
In distribution
For Children

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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World Premiere
August 2000
Original Version
Italian, French (italian/french/german subtitles),  colour und s/w, 35mm, 85 min.
Production
C-FILMS AG, Alhena Films SA, Gam Film S.r.l., Tecnovisual S.r.l., Machinassou Sarl, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
Producer
Chris Bolzli, Edi Hubschmid, Gherardo Pagliei, Elisabetta Riga
directed by
Denis Rabaglia
Written by
Denis Rabaglia, Luca de Benedittis, Antoine Jaccoud
Editing
Claudio Di Mauro
Music
Louis Crelier
Location Sound Mix
Laurent Barbey, Tonino Anastasi
Production Design
Fabrizio Nicora

Cast

Paolo Villaggio
Jean-Luc Bideau
Marie-Christine Barrault
Soraya Sala

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
C-FILMS AG

Worldwide Distribution

Austria
ORF Österreichischer Rundfunk TV Rights
Germany
Delphi Filmverleih Distribution
Italy
Lares Video Distribution
Switzerland
Frenetic Films Distribution

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