Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine

Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine

2010 · 200 min · ★ 5.2 · Drama

Augustine is a two-part, Italian-made mini-series about the influential theologian and church father St. Augustine of Hippo. The piece tells the story of his life from a teenager to his death at the age of 69. Much of the content for the scenes of him as a young and middle-aged man come from his Confessions, which is probably the earliest extant autobiography.

Directed by Christian Duguay · Written by Francesco Arlanch

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