While visiting her fiancé's mother in southern Italy, a woman must fight the mysterious and malevolent curse intent on claiming her daughter.
Cinematography
Puglia's sun-bleached landscapes weaponized into dread
Acting
Mariella Lo Sardo's Teresa: terrifying stillness personified
Practical Effects
Old-world ritual artifacts that feel genuinely cursed
Director
Domenico Emanuele de Feudis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film draws heavily on authentic Italian folk magic traditions, particularly the 'malocchio' (evil eye) and binding rituals still practiced in rural Puglia.
Director de Feudis originally conceived the story as a psychological drama; the supernatural elements were added after researching actual regional exorcism practices, blurring documentary and horror.
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