A docufilm that spans the millennia-old history of Tiber Island, a place unique in the world where healing is inseparably interwoven with myth, spirituality, and science. At the heart of the narrative is the Island as an ancestral space of healing, now home to the Isola Tiberina – Gemelli Isola Hospital, heir to a medical tradition whose roots reach back over 2,500 years.
Enveloped in legends and symbolism, Tiber Island bears witness to the transition from the mystery rites of the pagan world to Christian spirituality, from the practices of priest-physicians of antiquity to the expertise of today’s cutting-edge specialists. Emperors, popes, pilgrims, and the sick have passed through this place without it ever losing its vocation for welcome, care, and the salvation of body and spirit.
Through a layered narrative that brings together contemporary testimonies, archival materials, and iconographic sources, the film restores the Island’s deep identity as a living space, suspended between the sacred and the profane, memory and the present. A place that continues to exist through time, renewing its mission of healthcare excellence to this day within the Isola Tiberina – Gemelli Isola Hospital.
