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EO
With his first film in seven years, legendary director Jerzy Skolimowski (Deep End, Moonlighting) directs one of his most free and visually inventive films to date. Following the travels of a curious Gray Sardinian donkey named EO. After being removed from the traveling circus, EO begins a trek across the Polish and Italian countryside, experiencing the highs and lows of society, all the while never for a moment losing his innocence. During his travels, EO is both helped and hindered by the people he meets including a young Italian priest (Lorenzo Zurzolo), a Countess (Isabelle Huppert), and a rowdy Polish soccer team that adopt him as their mascot.
96% Certified Fresh - Rotten Tomatoes
★★★★★ "A beguiling and often brutal look at the life of a donkey, this hijacks your heart, your mind, your ears and your eyes from start to finish." - Empire Magazine
★★★★ "Superb cinematography... a visually impressive experience." - The Australian
★★★★ "[A] strangely beautiful Oscar contender. Moments of heart-stopping tenderness and beauty. A thrillingly inventive and at times experimental score." - Observer
★★★★ "Bizarre, beautiful, moving and playful, this is an oddity to cherish, with depths that only reveal themselves – entirely aptly – on the hoof." - Daily Telegraph
"EO is a thrillingly imaginative piece of filmmaking: a strange, haunting epic about a donkey that couldn't feel more of our moment." - NPR
★★★★★ - Irish Times | ★★★★★ - Time Out | ★★★★★ - Financial Times | New York Times: Best Movies of 2022 | Cannes Jury Prize winner 2022
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96% Certified Fresh - Rotten Tomatoes
★★★★★ "A beguiling and often brutal look at the life of a donkey, this hijacks your heart, your mind, your ears and your eyes from start to finish." - Empire Magazine
★★★★ "Superb cinematography... a visually impressive experience." - The Australian
★★★★ "[A] strangely beautiful Oscar contender. Moments of heart-stopping tenderness and beauty. A thrillingly inventive and at times experimental score." - Observer
★★★★ "Bizarre, beautiful, moving and playful, this is an oddity to cherish, with depths that only reveal themselves – entirely aptly – on the hoof." - Daily Telegraph
"EO is a thrillingly imaginative piece of filmmaking: a strange, haunting epic about a donkey that couldn't feel more of our moment." - NPR
★★★★★ - Irish Times | ★★★★★ - Time Out | ★★★★★ - Financial Times | New York Times: Best Movies of 2022 | Cannes Jury Prize winner 2022
With his first film in seven years, legendary director Jerzy Skolimowski (Deep End, Moonlighting) directs one of his most free and visually inventive films to date. Following the travels of a curious Gray Sardinian donkey named EO. After being removed from the traveling circus, EO begins a trek across the Polish and Italian countryside, experiencing the highs and lows of society, all the while never for a moment losing his innocence. During his travels, EO is both helped and hindered by the people he meets including a young Italian priest (Lorenzo Zurzolo), a Countess (Isabelle Huppert), and a rowdy Polish soccer team that adopt him as their mascot.
96% Certified Fresh - Rotten Tomatoes
★★★★★ "A beguiling and often brutal look at the life of a donkey, this hijacks your heart, your mind, your ears and your eyes from start to finish." - Empire Magazine
★★★★ "Superb cinematography... a visually impressive experience." - The Australian
★★★★ "[A] strangely beautiful Oscar contender. Moments of heart-stopping tenderness and beauty. A thrillingly inventive and at times experimental score." - Observer
★★★★ "Bizarre, beautiful, moving and playful, this is an oddity to cherish, with depths that only reveal themselves – entirely aptly – on the hoof." - Daily Telegraph
"EO is a thrillingly imaginative piece of filmmaking: a strange, haunting epic about a donkey that couldn't feel more of our moment." - NPR
★★★★★ - Irish Times | ★★★★★ - Time Out | ★★★★★ - Financial Times | New York Times: Best Movies of 2022 | Cannes Jury Prize winner 2022
96% Certified Fresh - Rotten Tomatoes
★★★★★ "A beguiling and often brutal look at the life of a donkey, this hijacks your heart, your mind, your ears and your eyes from start to finish." - Empire Magazine
★★★★ "Superb cinematography... a visually impressive experience." - The Australian
★★★★ "[A] strangely beautiful Oscar contender. Moments of heart-stopping tenderness and beauty. A thrillingly inventive and at times experimental score." - Observer
★★★★ "Bizarre, beautiful, moving and playful, this is an oddity to cherish, with depths that only reveal themselves – entirely aptly – on the hoof." - Daily Telegraph
"EO is a thrillingly imaginative piece of filmmaking: a strange, haunting epic about a donkey that couldn't feel more of our moment." - NPR
★★★★★ - Irish Times | ★★★★★ - Time Out | ★★★★★ - Financial Times | New York Times: Best Movies of 2022 | Cannes Jury Prize winner 2022
EO
With his first film in seven years, legendary director Jerzy Skolimowski (Deep End, Moonlighting) directs one of his most free and visually inventive films to date. Following the travels of a curious Gray Sardinian donkey named EO. After being removed from the traveling circus, EO begins a trek across the Polish and Italian countryside, experiencing the highs and lows of society, all the while never for a moment losing his innocence. During his travels, EO is both helped and hindered by the people he meets including a young Italian priest (Lorenzo Zurzolo), a Countess (Isabelle Huppert), and a rowdy Polish soccer team that adopt him as their mascot.
96% Certified Fresh - Rotten Tomatoes
★★★★★ "A beguiling and often brutal look at the life of a donkey, this hijacks your heart, your mind, your ears and your eyes from start to finish." - Empire Magazine
★★★★ "Superb cinematography... a visually impressive experience." - The Australian
★★★★ "[A] strangely beautiful Oscar contender. Moments of heart-stopping tenderness and beauty. A thrillingly inventive and at times experimental score." - Observer
★★★★ "Bizarre, beautiful, moving and playful, this is an oddity to cherish, with depths that only reveal themselves – entirely aptly – on the hoof." - Daily Telegraph
"EO is a thrillingly imaginative piece of filmmaking: a strange, haunting epic about a donkey that couldn't feel more of our moment." - NPR
★★★★★ - Irish Times | ★★★★★ - Time Out | ★★★★★ - Financial Times | New York Times: Best Movies of 2022 | Cannes Jury Prize winner 2022
