Summary 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... View more details
Directed : Denis Rabaglia
Written : Antoine Jaccoud Denis Rabaglia Luca de Benedittis
Stars : Jean-Luc Bideau Marie-Christine Barrault Paolo Villaggio Francesca Pipoli
Genres : Drama
Release date : Aug 1, 2001
Countries of origin : Italy France Switzerland
Official sites : Archivio del Cinema Italiano (ANICA) filmo.ch
Language : Italian French
Filming locations : Aigle, Vaud, Switzerland
Production companies : Gam Film S.r.l. C-Films AG Alhena Films
Summary 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... View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Aug 1, 2001
Countries of origin : Italy France Switzerland
Official sites : Archivio del Cinema Italiano (ANICA) filmo.ch
Language : Italian French
Filming locations : Aigle, Vaud, Switzerland
Production companies : Gam Film S.r.l. C-Films AG Alhena Films
