austraLasia #1737
St John Bosco: Mission to love - yes, he's
made it into English!
FORT COLLINS Co: 17th January 2007 -- Some of you are going to just love this - and
others will hate it! Yes, the famous Flavio Insinna-as-Don Bosco film is
now in English. This column has been running various reports of it
finding its way into Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, mostly legally, not
always, but the requests have been pouring in - why is it we can't have it in
English. It seems the Jesuits have heard our prayer, even if nobody else
has!
Ignatius Press (hence the Fort Collins address), one of the
biggest Catholic Publishers worldwide, has done something about it. I'll
give you the good oil straight from their own mouths and you, the reader, can
take it from there, but special thanks to Fr Mike Mendl of New Rochelle, who
spotted it and passed it on quickly.
Availability: On Back Order
Format: DVD
Code: SJBML-M
Your price: USD 24.95
Presumably you can order it by internet at
the following address.
The sales blurb runs thus: Flavio Insinna gives a winning
performance as John (Don) Bosco, the great priest and educator of youth from
the tough streets of Turin, Italy. Beautifully filmed in Italy, this epic movie
dramatizes the many challenges that Don Bosco had to overcome from this
childhood through founding his religious order, the Salesians, for helping
educate boys. Growing up without a father gave him compassion for the many
orphans that he cared for, while he faced persecution from both secular society
and the Church as he fought to build a place to house and educate the homeless,
outcast youth of Turin. His deep faith, creative imagination and profound
charity shine through in this wonderful film. Also stars Charles Dance (Gosford
Park) and popular Italian singer and actress Lina Sastri. Italian with
English or Spanish subtitles, or English dubbed track. Includes a 16 page
collector’s booklet.
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