Winner of the Jury Prize (ex aequo) at Cannes 2022, EO presents the world from the perspective of a donkey. After a mighty run at NZIFF, the film returns to New Zealand cinemas 9 November—and we’ve got double passes to give away.
Here’s what it’s all about: 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, a Countess, and a rowdy Polish soccer team that adopt him as their mascot.
With stunning visuals including a cinema first ‘donkey vision’ and a haunting score, master filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski invites the audience to see the world through the eyes of its four-legged perspective, exploring the good and bad of humanity through EO’s distinctive non-human perspective. The most highly honoured international film of the year, Skolimowski’s Cannes Jury Prize winning, and Oscar nominated new film is a truly and significant and unique cinematic experience that demands to be seen.
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