Visions in the Streets: A Movie Review of “Don Bosco”
Year: 1988
Filming: Color
Length: 108 minutes
Genre: Biography/Drama/Inspirational/Religious
Maturity: PG (for brief language and intense thematic elements)
Main Cast: Ben Gazzara (Don Bosco), Patsy Kensit (Lina), Karl Zinny...
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