| Saint John Bosco: Mission to Love | |
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| Directed by | Lodovico Gasparini |
| Starring | Flavio Insinna |
| Theme music composer | Marco Frisina |
| Original languages | Italian English |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Giovanni Galasso |
| Running time | 196 min. (2ep) |
Saint John Bosco: Mission to Love (Italian : Don Bosco) is an Italian television miniseries directed by Lodovico Gasparini that aired on 22th & 23rd of september 2004 on Rai1. It's based on real life events of Roman Catholic priest John Bosco. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Piedmont, Italy. 19th 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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