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EO (2022)

EO poster
Directed by
Jerzy Skolimowski
Genre
drama film, road movie
Country
Poland
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 427 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A donkey named EO travels through Poland and Europe, encountering different people and situations. The film shows the world from his perspective.

meditativemelancholicslow-pacedobservationalunsettlingvisceralwanderingpoetic

What happens

EO (Polish: IO) is a 2022 road drama film co-written, directed and produced by Jerzy Skolimowski. Inspired by Robert Bresson's 1966 film Au Hasard Balthazar, it follows the life of a donkey. The film premiered in competition at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2022, where it won the Jury Prize, tying with The Eight Mountains. Submitted by Poland, EO was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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