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...

Directed by: Denis Rabaglia
Written by: Denis Rabaglia & Antoine Jaccoud & Luca de Benedittis
Release date: 2000-08-12
Runtime: 84 minutes
Cast:
Paolo Villaggio Paolo Villaggio
Giuseppe De Metrio 
Francesca Pipoli Francesca Pipoli
Carla De Metrio 
Marie-Christine Barrault Marie-Christine Barrault
Elizabeth Broyer 
Jean-Luc Bideau Jean-Luc Bideau
Gaston Broyer 
Renato Scarpa Renato Scarpa
Giorgio 
Julien Boisselier Julien Boisselier
Pascal Broyer 
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