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EO

Original title: Eo
  • 2022
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
16K
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EO (2022)
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Psychological DramaDrama

Follows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes.Follows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes.Follows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes.

  • Director
    • Jerzy Skolimowski
  • Writers
    • Ewa Piaskowska
    • Jerzy Skolimowski
  • Stars
    • Hola
    • Tako
    • Marietta
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    16K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jerzy Skolimowski
    • Writers
      • Ewa Piaskowska
      • Jerzy Skolimowski
    • Stars
      • Hola
      • Tako
      • Marietta
    • 82User reviews
    • 142Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 34 wins & 70 nominations total

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    Hola
    • Eo
    Tako
    • Eo
    Marietta
    • Eo
    Ettore
    • Eo
    Rocco
    • Eo
    Mela
    • Eo
    Sandra Drzymalska
    Sandra Drzymalska
    • Kasandra
    Tomasz Organek
    Tomasz Organek
    • Dude
    Mateusz Kosciukiewicz
    Mateusz Kosciukiewicz
    • Mateo
    Lorenzo Zurzolo
    Lorenzo Zurzolo
    • Vito
    Isabelle Huppert
    Isabelle Huppert
    • The Countess
    Lolita Chammah
    Lolita Chammah
    • Dora
    Agata Sasinowska
    • Kaja
    Anna Rokita
    • Dorota
    Michal Przybyslawski
    • Zenek
    Gloria Iradukunda
    • Zea
    Piotr Szaja
    • Stableman
    Aleksander Janiszewski
    • Bailiff
    • Director
      • Jerzy Skolimowski
    • Writers
      • Ewa Piaskowska
      • Jerzy Skolimowski
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    6mariusgsc

    Looks like an Oscar-worthy performance by a donkey, but actually an editing masterclass

    The biggest surprise of the Cannes film festival this year was probably that the Prix du Jury went to a film about a donkey. Not just that a donkey played a big role in the film, but the donkey was the protagonist of the film, and genuinely played by a donkey.

    Surprisingly enough, that works. It might sound crazy at first to watch a film which follows throughout the entire runtime a donkey which can't speak or really express his feelings, but it actually works. That's due to the fantastic work of the team behind the film. Much of the success is due to director Jerzy Skolimowski, who seemed to know exactly what he was doing and how he wanted the film to look in the end. But he wouldn't have succeeded in making an interesting film about a donkey if it wasn't for his DoP Michal Dymek and his film editor Agniezka Glinska. Their collaboration results in giving the donkey a character, and making us believe that EO is actually played by a fantastic actor. There were a few moments throughout the film where I actually thought that this donkey should get an Oscar. Of course I was always fully aware that a donkey can't act, and that this is only technical expertise. Film editor Glinska used for example one of the oldest montage techniques of the history of film, the Kuleshov effect, which proved that editing is the key to every film, and that the audience can actually interprete the actor's feelings rather by the following shot than by his expressions. When Kuleshov tested the effect, he edited a (never-changing) close-up of an expressionless man, together with three alternate ending shots: a dead child in a coffin, a bowl of soup, and a woman lying on a divan. Audiences interpreted the expression on the actor's face as sadness, hunger and lust, although it was always the same. This effect got reused by Hitchcock many times, especially in his masterpiece "Rear Window".

    In EO, this effect is used many times: A shot of the donkey's eye followed by a shot of animals being mistreated, makes us believe the donkey is actually sad. Another shot of the donkey (who was probably only wondering why people are standing for weeks with a camera around him) followed by his circus "mother" returning to him makes us believe he is happy, and so on. Paired with incredibly impressive and beautiful images, EO actually turns out to be a very interesting and refreshing film, even amongst experimental cinema.

    Nonetheless, you're watching a donkey for 80+ minutes. And after a while, you start to feel that. You're waiting for some kind of emotional conflict, some interesting dialogue, etc, - which the director then tries to include by introducing side characters. But those side characters don't work at all, as they only distract from the main story and leave the audience completely cold. Even a great actress like Isabelle Huppert can't save the film's triviality by smashing a few plates when talking to her gambling addict son (who brought the donkey home with him). Instead, her acting - and every other actor too - feels completely misplaced and exaggerated, which is also due to the fact that the donkey always moves on very quickly after having met new persons, so no actor has more screen time than just a couple of minutes.

    Last but not least, the film also doesn't manage to entertain enough through the message alone. As to expect, the film speaks a lot about animal exploitation and mistreatment and ultimately advocates for animal rights, but the message is clear after a few minutes, and the ending of the film - which I won't spoil here - doesn't work either, which ridiculousness the message a little.

    But after all, EO is an interesting experiment, which surprisingly works due to the fantastic technical aspects. The film's main flaws are in the screenplay (and of course also in the fact that the protagonist is a donkey), but luckily, the film runs only 86 minutes, so you can overlook these weaknesses and still enjoy watching it.
    7CarolineFR69

    Donkeeey

    If you are looking for a story in a movie this is probably not for you. This one is a piece of art though. Have you ever wondered what would a donkey do if you let it loose? This movie tries to answer that very question. You follow EO (pronounce it so that it sounds like a donkey), taken from a Polish circus because of bankruptcy, he gets away multiple times and ends up in Italy. He falls on the worst of the human race as well as good people. Any short story that starts during his journey never gets a resolution because he just leaves for other things. It is a bit frustrating at times, but you are here to follow EO, no-one else. The imagery is beautiful, and the music on top is just awesome. An underrated movie that you should see if you love art more than cinema.
    8turnerian14

    A gamut of emotions ...

    Inspired by Bresson's 1966 Au Hasard du Balthazar, EO is a very worthwhile contemporary revision of an innocent animal's experience of the human condition. Our folly, our greed, our anger and violence, our hypocrisy, our hubris ... and many more vices, but occasionally moments of redeeming compassion. When human beings were hunter gatherers we were much closer to the behaviour of animals, and coexisted in an ecologically natural state. Well deserved Palme D'Ors for both the music and the movie. Excellent photography and sequencing too. This film takes us on an inexorable journey involving a gamut of emotions. See it at a cinema for the best experience.
    7Xstal

    Bray, Growl, Grunt, Squeal, Whuffle & Snort...

    The circus was your home but now it's closing, new outcomes are ahead, life's recomposing, a journey has begun, there'll be sorrow and some fun, lots of being led around and often roaming. You'll take the opportunities, that you're presented (you don't have a choice), and quite often you will feel, like you're resented, poorly treated by humans, but not always, some are friends, though they'll always seem to be, distressed, tormented.

    The life of a donkey, the people it encounters, for good or bad, and the array of farms, fields, pens, containers, sanctuaries and otherwise that are used to restrict it, often quite unsuccessfully, as it's pushed from pillar to post - just as most animals are on their journey to the abattoir or slaughterhouse, does it remind you of anyone you know?
    8daoldiges

    Eo as Modern Journey Through Europe

    Eo is the tale of a small donkey of the same name who we initially see as a circus performer very lovingly cared for by his young female trainer Kasandra. The authorities come and remove all of the circus animals and what follows is Eo's odyssey. He encounters all kinds of people (good and evil), animals, conditions, perils and experiences a breadth of adventures far greater than he would have had he remained in the circus. We of course experience these adventures with him. Visually Eo is beautiful and interesting. I add interesting because the images do seem to contain in all of them an element of narrative to them. This is important as Eo cannot speak and the film is minimal in dialogue. It is through imagery and an assertive score that much of the story is told. Watching a film like this brings me an almost omnipresent low level of anxiety with it though, which is an underlying concern that something very bad might happen to this harmless, innocent and gentle beast at any moment. While he does witness such things along the way, for the most part he is not a victim of but an observer of such things. I found the many different people Eo meets along the way interesting, like characters in a road movie. For me they worked. And for me Eo as a whole worked as well. Films of this type, regardless of how well they are done, seldom seem to appeal to the bulk of viewers out there (please note-this is not a Disney type film where the animals talk). For anyone else who is curious I recommend checking out Eo, ideally at the theater/cinema to fully appreciate.

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    • Trivia
      Director Jerzy Skolimowski has said that the only time he ever cried while watching a movie was with Au hasard Balthazar (1966), which is about a mistreated donkey. The story heavily influenced EO (2022).
    • Goofs
      When Kasandra gets off the motorbike, she hangs her helmet over the right rear-view mirror of the bike. Later, when Dude puts his helmet back on, Kasandra's helmet is still hanging there, but after the next cut, when Dude gets on the motorbike and starts the engine, Kasandra's helmet is now hanging over the left rear-view mirror. In the next scene, when Dude drives away, Kasandra's helmet is gone, but later, when she runs after him and gets on the motorbike, he hands her helmet to the back.
    • Connections
      Featured in Kermode & Mayo's Take: Brendan Fraser, Darren Aronofsky, The Whale, Knock at the Cabin, EO, & Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2023)
    • Soundtracks
      2nd Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
      Written by Pawel Mykietyn

      Performed by Marcel Markowski

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    • Release date
      • January 21, 2023 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Poland
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • Polish
      • Italian
      • English
      • French
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Іа
    • Filming locations
      • Jezioro Bystrzyckie, Dolnoslaskie, Poland(Eo in front of the dam)
    • Production companies
      • Skopia Film
      • Alien Films
      • Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,068,782
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $24,000
      • Nov 20, 2022
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,585,252
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.43 : 1

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