The restoration af a 1924 Italian silent movie shows us the history of the Waldenses, a medioeval eresy which faced Vatican, survived to Inquisition and that, after more than eight centuries, still lives in the agricultural territories of Italy, Argentina, Uruguay and United States. The documentary project “Waldenses” tells the recovery of this movie, titled “Fideli per Secoli”, which was banned by fascism and went lost for decades. This film, through the typical “mise-en-scene” of silent cinema and the reconstruction of historical events, brings us to the roots of Waldesians movement. Through screenings of the film and the work of a theatre group that takes Waldensian history on the stage, “Fideli per Secoli” will allow us to compare, in a mirrors' game between fiction and reality, medioeval and today characters, barers of different languages, thoughts and values, depending from the origin's country.

PRODUCTION: Duermevela, Cinefonie