EO

2022

1h 28m

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6.5/10

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The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life’s path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel of fortune randomly turn his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even for a moment does he lose his innocence.

Directors

Jerzy Skolimowski

Writers

Ewa Piaskowska(screenplay by)

Jerzy Skolimowski(screenplay by)

Stars

Sandra Drzymalska

Isabelle Huppert

Lorenzo Zurzolo

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Sandra Drzymalska

Kasandra

Isabelle Huppert

The Countess

Lorenzo Zurzolo

Vito

Mateusz Kościukiewicz

Mateo

Ziom

Dora

Kaja

Dorota

Zenek

Zea

Horse-boy

Aleksander Janiszewski

Bailiff

Activist

Vet

Hooligan

Hooligan

Jan

Wasyl

Directors

Jerzy Skolimowski

Writers

Ewa Piaskowska(screenplay by)

Jerzy Skolimowski(screenplay by)

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7/10

"Eo" is a donkey. Rescued from an harsh life in a circus by legislation from the Polish government, this film follows it's adventures as it is relocated to an equestrian centre - where it is lonely and causes a little bit of havoc; then a donkey sanctuary from which it escapes after a brief visit from former circus friend "Cassandra" (Sandra Drzymalska), before several other curious escapades befall it on travels that seem to encompass the length and breadth of the country. Told from the perspective of the donkey (though not through it's eyes) we see all that it might see - and humanity, warts and all, doesn't tend to come off so well! We see kindness and sympathy, but also brutality and thuggishness, too, and at times this is a frank and graphically horrible film to watch without squirming. Director Jerzy Skolimowski lets us see just how varied (and frequently ghastly) human behaviour can be, but he doesn't make judgements - he uses "Eo" as a benign - sympathy inducing - carrier of his message and allows the audience to draw their own conclusions. I did struggle with the end, and at times the narrative continuity stretched the imagination a little (especially with the wolves and towards the ending) but this is still a quirkily engaging and thought-provoking story not just about an animal - and of how human beings treat them in general - but one of how human beings treat their own species too. Beware the flickering lighting is probably not for those sensitive to such things, and I found it heavily over-scored at times, but I did appreciate it and would recommend it if you've a spare ninety minutes to take a different view on life!

Geronimo196709 Feb, 2023