Saint John Bosco Mission to Love (2004)
AdventureFamilyHistoryTV 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 .
Director:
Lodovico Gasparini
Writers:
Lodovico Gasparini, Carlo Mazzotta, Saverio D'Ercole, Francesca Panzarella, Lea Tafuri, Graziano Diana.
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Flavio Insinna as Don Bosco |
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Lina Sastri as Margherita Bosco |
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Charles Dance as Marchese Clementi |
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Ry Michael Finerty as Giovanni Cagliero |
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Daniel Tschirley as Michele Rua |
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Fabrizio Bucci as Bruno |
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Lewis Crutch as Domenico Savio |
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Brock Everitt-Elwick as Don Bosco as a child |
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Alessandra Martines as Marchesa Barolo |
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Andrea Bosca as Enrico Zarello |
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Paolo Calabresi as Don Lorenzo Fassati |
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Dario D'Ambrosi as Fornaio |
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Roberto Ciufoli as Signor Rodrigo |
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Michele Melega as Tipografo |
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Arnaldo Ninchi as Papa Pio IX |
| Directing | Lodovico Gasparini | Director |
| Production | Enzo Tacchia | Line Producer |
| Production | Luca Bernabei | Producer |
| Production | Pietro Dioni | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Marco Frisina | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Luca Manzi | Story Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Rawlins | Costume Design |
| Camera | Claudio Sabatini | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Lea Tafuri | Story Editor |
| Writing | Lodovico Gasparini | Screenplay |
| Directing | Carmine Elia | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Giovanni Galasso | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Graziano Diana | Story |
| Writing | Carlo Mazzotta | Screenplay |
| Writing | Saverio D'Ercole | Screenplay |
| Writing | Saverio D'Ercole | Story Editor |
| Art | Lino Germano | Production Design |
| Production | Fabiola Banzi | Casting |
| Production | Fania Petrocchi | Delegated Producer |
| Writing | Francesco Arlanch | Story Editor |
| Production | Alessandro Longino | Production Manager |
| Sound | Giancarlo Dellapina | Sound |
| Writing | Francesca Panzarella | Screenplay |
| Writing | Lea Tafuri | Screenplay |
| Production | Pete Maggi | Delegated Producer |
| Directing | Francesco Sperandeo | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Ernesto Natoli | Camera Operator |
| Production | Matilde Bernabei | Producer |
| Writing | Graziano Diana | Screenplay |
| Camera | Carlo Maria Montuori | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Alessandro Lucidi | Editor |
| Directing | Giulia Serughetti | Script Supervisor |
| Lighting | Manolo Catini | Gaffer |
| Camera | Fabio Delle Fratte | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giancarlo Del Brocco | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carla Indoni | Hair Department Head |
| Visual Effects | Paola Trisoglio | Visual Effects Producer |
| Camera | Gianni Aldi | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Roberto Moreschini | Key Grip |
| Visual Effects | Stefano Marinoni | VFX Supervisor |
| Directing | Nicola Barnaba | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Paolo Ricci | Special Effects |