Rosalia Jimenez

Mal de Ojo

Mal de Ojo is a 2D-animated film about a girl who is conflicted by the truthfulness of her experience with superstition, making her question her own sense of logic and reality.

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This film pictures Paloma, a Latin American teenager whose mom is very ‘superstitious’ and believes she has been cursed with “Mal de Ojo” (Evil Eye). Initially, Paloma shows herself skeptical about this assumption and uninterested in her mother’s attempt to remove it. However, her reckless response to the situation unconsciously favors these “superstitions”, triggering an exhausting mental journey into the grey areas of ‘reality’ and her own perception of it.

From homemade bath spells to fighting a witch posing as an elderly woman, Paloma faces these circumstances without really understanding whether or not they really happened. Regardless of what the answers might be, they ultimately suggest her similarity to her mother goes beyond blood.

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