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:
Graziano Diana, Carlo Mazzotta, Francesca Panzarella, Lodovico Gasparini, Saverio D'Ercole, Lea Tafuri.
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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 | Matilde Bernabei | Producer |
| Production | Luca Bernabei | Producer |
| Sound | Marco Frisina | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Fabiola Banzi | Casting |
| Writing | Luca Manzi | Story Editor |
| Writing | Saverio D'Ercole | Story Editor |
| Writing | Lea Tafuri | Story Editor |
| Art | Lino Germano | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Rawlins | Costume Design |
| Production | Alessandro Longino | Production Manager |
| Directing | Carmine Elia | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Giancarlo Dellapina | Sound |
| Editing | Alessandro Lucidi | Editor |
| Camera | Giovanni Galasso | Director of Photography |
| Production | Enzo Tacchia | Line Producer |
| Writing | Graziano Diana | Story |
| Writing | Graziano Diana | Screenplay |
| Writing | Carlo Mazzotta | Screenplay |
| Writing | Francesca Panzarella | Screenplay |
| Writing | Lodovico Gasparini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Saverio D'Ercole | Screenplay |
| Writing | Lea Tafuri | Screenplay |
| Production | Fania Petrocchi | Delegated Producer |
| Production | Pete Maggi | Delegated Producer |
| Production | Pietro Dioni | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Francesco Arlanch | Story Editor |
| Directing | Giulia Serughetti | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Francesco Sperandeo | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Carlo Maria Montuori | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Claudio Sabatini | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Ernesto Natoli | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giancarlo Del Brocco | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carla Indoni | Hair Department Head |
| Crew | Paolo Ricci | Special Effects |
| Lighting | Manolo Catini | Gaffer |
| Camera | Roberto Moreschini | Key Grip |
| Directing | Nicola Barnaba | Second Unit Director |
| Camera | Fabio Delle Fratte | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Gianni Aldi | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Stefano Marinoni | VFX Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Paola Trisoglio | Visual Effects Producer |