EO
Not Rated
Run Time: 88 min.
Opens: March 24, 2023
Starring: Sandra Drzymalska, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Isabelle Huppert
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Screenplay: Jerzy Skolimowski, Ewa Piaskowska
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With his first film in seven years, legendary director Jerzy Skolimowski (Deep End, Moonlighting) directs one of his most free and visually inventive films yet, following the travels of a nomadic gray donkey named EO. After being removed from the traveling circus, which is the only life he’s ever known, EO begins a trek across the Polish and Italian countryside, experiencing cruelty and kindness in equal measure, all the while observing the follies and triumphs of humankind. During his travels, EO is both helped and hindered by a cast of characters including a young Italian priest (Lorenzo Zurzolo), a Countess (Isabelle Huppert), and a rowdy Polish soccer team. Loosely inspired by Robert Bresson’s Au hasard Balthazar, and featuring immersive, stunning cinematography by Michal Dymek coupled with Pawel Mykietyn’s resonant score, Skolimowski’s film puts the viewer in the perspective of its four-legged protagonist. EO’s journey speaks to the world around us, an equine hero boldly pointing out societal ills, and serving as warning to the dangers of neglect and inaction, all while on a quest for freedom.
Presented in Polish, Italian, English and French with English Subtitles
Academy Award Nominee – Best International Feature Film
Winner, Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival
Official Selection, Toronto Film Festival
Official Selection, New York Film Festival
Official Selection, BFI London Film Festival
“EO is a thrillingly imaginative piece of filmmaking: a strange, haunting epic about a donkey that couldn’t feel more of our moment.”
– John Powers, NPR
“EO may be one of the greatest movies ever made about the spirit of animals, as much as we can know it.”
– Stephanie Zacharek, Time Magazine
