A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
Stay strong.
Chin up.
More gently.
You look different.
Your mother really wanted to see me wearing this dress.
She gave it to me.
My deepest regret is that I didn't fulfill her desire.
They said blood suddenly started oozing out of her eyes,
mouth and nose.
A horrible thing.
The doctor, Sante's son, did his utmost to save her.
He couldn't.
Who was with her when this happened?
Only her family.
They didn't have time to call anyone.
Do you think it's his work?
It doesn't seem a natural death, that's for sure.
We have got to get going, Janara.
Now that his wife has died, there will be no stopping Sante.
There are too few of us. We've got to find the others.
You're right.
-Where are you going? -I've got to see him again and explain.
If you go outside, you'll die.
I've got to try. I'm not asking you to help me but just not to hinder me.
If it were you in my place, what would you do?
It's madness.
I won't let you go alone.
I'm coming with you.
When the Lord...
calls the most virtuous souls unto himself...
it is to remind us how unrelenting the battle against evil is.
Misfortune to all...
who call evil good and good evil.
Misfortune to all who shun the Lord...
and entrust themselves to the perversion of faith and customs
that is called "science."
Those that keep on shunning God...
pave the way for the rebellion and apostasy of modern times.
And shall die..
with no consolation...
of divine forgiveness.
Let us pray.
Careful.
Thank you.
Not now. There are too many people.
Let's go home.
You go.
I'm going to stay a little longer.
I have to say farewell to her.
On my own.
You shouldn't be here.
I couldn't not come, Pietro.
I want you to understand.
It's impossible to understand.
My mother died so quickly
that I didn't even have time to relieve her pain.
But what I saw...
I never wanted to see that vision.
I never wanted to give you such pain.
I don't know what you saw.
Or what you thought you saw.
I know that my mother was recovering.
The medicines seemed to be working and then everything went wrong.
I don't know what to think.
Believe in me.
In us.
Not now.
I've got to reflect on things now.
Now, more than ever, my place is next to my father.
And that girl?
Cesaria?
We are very fond of each other.
Now she needs me too.
I've got to go now.
Farewell, Ade.
You've got to learn to understand your power, Ade.
And to accept it.
Don't be afraid of it.
Pietro's mother would have died anyway,
with or without your power to see death arriving.
You allowed Pietro to bid farewell to her and tell her how much he loved her
and let her leave this world in peace.
It's your power, Ade. But it's also a gift.
You create a possibility of life
where there is only grieving and death.
Do this for the other women. Wield your power for them.
But I can't, I don't understand them, I don't know where they are.
Trust us, Ade.
Let's begin.
My brother was the best part of me.
Twin siblings: we were identical to everyone except to ourselves.
I found him.
Lying on the floor with his mouth open.
He hadn't managed to stop our father
from arranging the marriage with that woman.
They say that
the last women to leave church on Christmas Eve...
are destined to become Janara.
But I didn't know.
They married me off as a child against my will...
to a man who didn't love me,
condemning me to a life of silence and solitude.
He didn't have the courage to call out the name of his loved one. A man's name.
When I felt the noise of the blade on my hair...
a shiver shook my body.
I was waiting for the boy I had fallen in love with to appear.
I waited until the end of Mass. He never came.
Fate brought him death.
When he died, they accused me of poisoning him.
-They broke my hands! -I felt as if
the muscles, tendons, skin, eyes
were falling away.
-Not hair. -I die without forgiveness.
I was the last to leave the church.
Only fire could cleanse his shame
-and give us back my freedom. -I'm cold and I'm frightened!
-I became weaker. -Crows will devour me!
That fire reduced everything to ash.
-I can't take this anymore! -Help me!
They shouted "witch," "janara."
-Witch! -Save me!
That's when I discovered my powers.
I don't remember my real name.
And I became weaker and weaker.
-I'm thirsty! -I don't want to die!
-Can you hear me? -I've had enough.
-Tell me you can hear me! -Listen to me!
Save me, only you can!
Every pain has a different voice, Ade.
Follow the pain and you will find the source.
My hair has never grown since that day.
I set fire to my house.
"Better to be a witch than mad," I yelled.
I traveled far, before finding my way.
But now this is my family.
Can you hear me?
I'm thirsty, I need to drink!
The sun is burning, help me!
I'm dying. Please!
Can you hear me?
Yes.
I can hear you.
Are we ready?
Yes.
Not even one must be spared!
No! Let her go, I beg you.
She is my only daughter!
Where are they hiding?
Sir, I swear I do not know.
I don't know what you are talking about. Let me go home.
Don't waste my time.
Tell me what you know about the witches.
Sir, I don't know them.
I beg you, let me go home to my mother.
You too saw that she's old. I beg you, she needs me,
she needs my care! I beg you.
Protecting witches...
-makes you a witch too. -No!
Take her away!
-No! -We'll interrogate her at Serra.
Mom!
-On you go, go swiftly. -Let's go.
Make them talk.
Let's go!
Get moving.
Where have you been, Father?
You were born right here, in this bed.
It's strange.
Once, this bed reminded me only of nice things.
Life, joy.
Love.
Now all I can see is your mother's face when she was dying.
Torturing and killing those women won't bring her back.
You will be wondering who we are.
And why we saved you.
We are your family.
You thought you were alone in the world.
Damned, persecuted.
We are here to tell you that you are not alone.
Persepolis.
Here you can be whatever you want to be.
Don't be afraid.
Is it you?
Is it you that found us? That saw us?
Do you know who we are?
I think so.
-Come on. Let's make a toast. -Yes.
Are you looking for company?
Leave me alone.
Is it a bad day?
I told you to go away.
What a nasty sort.
Innkeeper!
The guy isn't well.
I'll deal with him.
Are you deaf?
His.
It's time to go home.
I want a drink.
Bring me another one.
I told you it's time to go home.
And I told you to bring me another one.
-That one's Sante's son. -He's drunk.
Call his father.
Yes, I'm Sante's son.
-Are you frightened? -You'd better go.
I will do what I want!
Who do you think you are?
I'm the son of the great captain of the Benandanti.
I can do whatever I want!
I can drink all the wine in this inn, and you...
you can't stop me.
That's what you say.
-He needs a lesson. -Let's give him a lesson.
Come on!
Enough now! Stop!
-Have you seen? -Who is she? What does she want?
He is drunk.
He started it.
Take him away!
We wanted to have fun.
Take him home!
No pleasure in beating a man who is defended by a woman.
Which woman?
-Looks like a tomboy. -You call that one a woman?
Who spoke?
Me.
Could you lend me your charcoal?
The honor is all yours.
They never last long enough.
We are still a great pair.
We will always be.
I could have managed even without you.
However, I want to say...
thanks.
Our destiny does not always correspond with our desires.
My desires died together with Pietro's mother.
I did what had to be done, I think.
We haven't finished yet.
I know. I'll be ready tomorrow.
It might be even more difficult tomorrow.
Surely, our actions did not go unnoticed.
I'll manage.
We'll manage.
Tebe, I understand how important it is. Do not fear.
I have felt so much pain, I will be angry forever.
It could have been me out there.
Locked in a damp cell and eaten by rats...
ready to be burned.
I would have prayed every day for someone to save me.
Now I know I am that person. I know I have the power to save.
I know who I am.
Did it do you any good?
What?
The wine.
Are you feeling better?
There are sorrows you don't forget.
Your mother will stay here forever.
This will be her resting place forever.
You always find the right place for everything.
Since we were children.
I never manage to sort things out.
My life is like a messy chest.
It's always been easy for me to understand where my place is.
And it's at your side.
Not now.
If you still remember this moment tomorrow...
then we'll talk about it again.
They're rounding up all the women.
They're seizing all the women, without any distinction.
The Benandanti are looking for us. It's our fault they are seizing them.
-We knew it could happen. -Why aren't we fighting out there?
We can't run such a risk.
Since when is saving women too much of a risk?
I though it was exactly what we did.
Perhaps you believe that the witches deserve to live
-and the others don't. -Don't say it even in jest.
In order to save them all,
now we have to focus on those who can help us.
Without them, we are destined to lose, Leptis!
There are few of us.
Tebe. You have to come right now.
-Are you sure? -I'm sure. There's another one.
Her voice is very powerful.
How much time have we got?
Not much.
Let's get ready.
Will you get another one?
We'll try.
When I become skilled with the bow, I'll come and help you.
At times, I feel as if I cannot manage on my own.
And if I were wrong? If I arrived too late?
-One has died through a fault of mine. -Ade.
If they need you out there...
you must go.
Is anyone there?
Help me!
I'm down here!
I'm down here, I beg you!
They know nothing, Father.
What does it mean? Don't they speak?
We tortured them all night.
-If they had known something-- -You're useless.
We can still catch them, Father.
Two witches condemned to eternal suffering
were saved by women on horseback...
well versed in wielding swords and daggers
and then disappear like the wind.
Good.
It's them.
Get my horse ready.
Something's not right.
Yes.
It's too light.
Cursed witches!
That's not a dummy.
It's your worst enemy.
It's him you have to think of before shooting the arrow.
Of his eyes.
And of the grimace of pain when the blade pierces him.
Clever boy.
I can't believe it.
I did it!
You will have really done it...
when you do it ten times, one after the other.
Pick up the arrows and keep on practicing.
Did you send for me, Eminence?
Sit down, Sante.
Sit down here opposite me.
I heard about your wife...
and I wanted to express my condolences personally.
Thanks.
I shall never forgive myself for not having saved her.
And for disappointing you.
Don't be foolish.
You haven't disappointed me.
The path is still long.
Look at me, Sante.
If I were to tell you that there is still a chance?
We don't know where she is.
I am speaking about your wife.
If there were the possibility to see her again...
My wife is dead, I saw her die with my own eyes.
You are underestimating me, Sante.
There is a way.
I can do it.
I can let you see your wife again.
But I need you to bring Ade to me here. Alive.
I'm not interested in the others.
You can kill them all. Or rather, you must kill them all.
But I need her alive.
I don't understand, Eminence.
Are you telling me it's possible to bring back the dead?
But that's sacrilege, a mortal sin.
Not if he who does it...
is driven by a pure heart.
Capture that witch and bring her to me.
Only this. I'll deal with the rest.
It's not easy.
The witches protecting her are very powerful.
They are swift, unpredictable, they can't be found.
I know very well, Sante.
But you will see that soon, very soon...
you will be stronger than them.
I will grant you that strength.
I will be able to grant you that power.
Here...
where everything came into being...
we celebrate the rebirth of the Lost Cities.
Today they surprised us, weak and unprepared.
With only our worldly means.
But it was only a mishap.
Because we are destined to win.
As from tomorrow, our strength will escalate.
We have a great ally.
And together, those witches won't stand a chance.
Our enemies are getting ready to destroy us.
To wipe out our existence.
Because we represent what they fear the most.
The possibility of creating a new world
with the face of a woman.
Your face.
Aquileia.
May your tricks...
be dreams for us.
Petra.
May the rock forge your arms.
Segesta.
May you be able to make...
any seed of our thoughts germinate.
Ade.
The most ancient of the Lost Cities.
Whoever is born with this name...
has their path already carved out.
The sac that wrapped you and protected you at your birth...
I have kept it since that day.
We proudly carry this symbol around our necks.
It calls us to our destiny, to battle.
You are destined to lead this battle.
Because you are my son.
Sworn enemy of every witch and every devil.
May this light illuminate your path...
even in the darkest night.
Lord...
who watches over us and shows us the way...
fight on our side.
May courage guide us!
May faith burn within us!
Pietro! Where are you going?
Come back here!
Subtitle translation by Natalie Botello