A miracle of a movoe
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.
Critics Reviews:
- “Mychal Dymek’s superb cinematography lends distinction to the film and, combined with the director’s strikingly original visual concepts, including some scenes representing the donkey’s eye view, makes for a visually impressive experience.” – David Stratton (The Australian)
- “The film, by Polish master Jerzy Skolimowski, is both moving and puzzling, a story about an innocent done in a style that doesn’t always have the same innocence.” – Paul Byrnes (Sydney Morning Herald)
- “Skolimowski's intentions, however, are sometimes confused, as he allocates a personal "point of view” camera shot to Eo, and later gives the same perspective to a rolling football and a robotic dog. Still, the imagery is breathtaking." – Kevin Maher (Times (UK))