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Saint John Bosco Mission to Love

2004

196 minutes

AdventureFamilyHistoryTV Movie

Overview

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 .

Top Cast

Flavio Insinna headshot

Flavio Insinna

Don Bosco

Lina Sastri headshot

Lina Sastri

Margherita Bosco

Charles Dance headshot

Charles Dance

Marchese Clementi

Ry Michael Finerty headshot

Ry Michael Finerty

Giovanni Cagliero

Daniel Tschirley headshot

Daniel Tschirley

Michele Rua

Fabrizio Bucci headshot

Fabrizio Bucci

Bruno

Lewis Crutch headshot

Lewis Crutch

Domenico Savio

Brock Everitt-Elwick headshot

Brock Everitt-Elwick

Don Bosco as a child

Alessandra Martines headshot

Alessandra Martines

Marchesa Barolo

Andrea Bosca headshot

Andrea Bosca

Enrico Zarello

Paolo Calabresi headshot

Paolo Calabresi

Don Lorenzo Fassati

Dario D'Ambrosi headshot

Dario D'Ambrosi

Fornaio

Roberto Ciufoli headshot

Roberto Ciufoli

Signor Rodrigo

Michele Melega headshot

Michele Melega

Tipografo

Arnaldo Ninchi headshot

Arnaldo Ninchi

Papa Pio IX