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Azzurro (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
82 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Music Video
Photo Gallery
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2000 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Denis Rabaglia

Written By:
Denis Rabaglia
Antoine Jaccoud

Actors:
Paolo Villaggio ..... Giuseppe De Metrio
Francesca Pipoli ..... Carla De Metrio
Marie-Christine Barrault ..... Elizabeth Broyer
Jean-Luc Bideau ..... Gaston Broyer
Renato Scarpa ..... Giorgio
Julien Boisselier ..... Pascal Broyer
Antonio Petrocelli ..... Roberto De Metrio
Soraya Gomaa ..... Lucia De Metrio
Tom Novembre ..... Philippe
Graziano Giusti ..... Professor Papaleo
Anna Ferruzzo ..... Female Nurse
Domenico Carli ..... Priest
Maria Palumbo ..... Weeping Lady
Emmanuela Iannacci ..... Weeping Lady
Antonio Miggiano ..... Vittorio Stefanelli

Synopsis:

Giuseppe (Paolo Villaggio) takes his blind seven-year-old granddaughter Carla (Francesca Pipoli) from Puglia to his native Geneva. Giuseppe wants to call in an old debt in order to pay for an eye operation for the girl, and the man he needs to find in order to do so is Gaston (Jean-Luc Bideau), with whom he worked for three decades. However, when Giuseppe arrives in Geneva he finds Gaston residing in a sanitarium and his once-profitable company in economic shambles. As Giuseppe becomes reacquainted with his old friend, various revelations surface about his background and his relationship with Gaston's wife (Marie-Christine Barrault).

A vignettish tale about a blind Italo tyke "kidnapped" by her old grandfather to visit the Switzerland of his youth, "Azzurro" is often charmingly played but way too slim to make much impression beyond Swiss markets and Euro small screens. Reliable cast, led by veteran Paolo Villaggio as the portly old codger, go through their paces under clean direction by Swiss-Italian Denis Rabaglia in his sophomore outing. Pic made a decidedly lightweight closer to this year's Locarno fest.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 07 April, 2006.

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