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Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
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Saint John Bosco Mission to Love

2004-09-22 · 196 min · ★ 6.9

Adventure · Family · History · TV Movie

Piedmont (Italy), nineteenth century. In Turin, the priest Don Bosco, a man from a humble farming family, he gave himself totally and passionately to the task of collecting from the streets to marginalized children and care for them. Not only out of poverty, ignorance and social distress, but it got for the first time, to feel loved. He fought with extraordinary faith and tenacity to overcome obstacles and snares that both the civilian and ecclesiastical authorities, they put in their path to prevent him from completing his goal: the founding of the Congregation of the Salesians, which would guarantee the future of their children .

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Directors
Lodovico Gasparini
Production companies
Rai Fiction, Lux Vide, Blue Star Movies, D&B Production
Countries
Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Flavio InsinnaFlavio InsinnaDon Bosco
Lina SastriLina SastriMargherita Bosco
Charles DanceCharles DanceMarchese Clementi
Ry Michael FinertyGiovanni Cagliero
Daniel TschirleyMichele Rua
Fabrizio BucciFabrizio BucciBruno
Lewis CrutchLewis CrutchDomenico Savio
Brock Everitt-ElwickDon Bosco as a child
Alessandra MartinesAlessandra MartinesMarchesa Barolo
Andrea BoscaAndrea BoscaEnrico Zarello
Paolo CalabresiPaolo CalabresiDon Lorenzo Fassati
Dario D'AmbrosiDario D'AmbrosiFornaio
Roberto CiufoliRoberto CiufoliSignor Rodrigo
Michele MelegaMichele MelegaTipografo
Arnaldo NinchiArnaldo NinchiPapa Pio IX

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