2010  |  52 min  |  documentary        
English & Italian (English subtitles)
Director Agata De Santis

What happens when you realize that your family is part of a global superstition that is neither spoken about openly nor even referred to by name? Filmmaker Agata De Santis sets out on a quest to uncover the world of Mal'occhio - the evil eye - where one can become physically ill by another's envious glances, where the only remedy is a phone call to the old woman down the street, and prevention involves wearing strange-looking amulets. Agata travels to Italy, New York, and to her mother's kitchen in Montreal to decide once and for all if the evil eye is real.

Writer | Director | Producer |
AGATA DE SANTIS
Editor | ALFONSO PECCIA
Camera | ELIAS C. VAROUTSOS
& AGATA DE SANTIS
Original Music | PETER DE SANTIS
& MANNY AGOSTINO

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AWARDS
2010 • Best Foreign Feature Documentary, Jersey Shore Film Festival

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TELEVISION BROADCASTS
2011 • CBC

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FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
2012 • Les rendez-vous du cinéma italien (Montreal, QC)
2011 • Female Eye Film Festival (Toronto, ON) 
2011 • Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (Montreal, QC)
2010 • Montreal's Italian Week (Montreal, QC)
2010 • Real to Reel ( Kings Mountain, NC)
2010 • Jersey Shore Film Festival (Jersey Shore, NJ)