Jerzy Skolimowski's ‘emotional’ road movie about a melancholic donkey is nominated for 2023 Oscars
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- 16 Feb 2023
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Jerzy Skolimowski's moving film about a donkey's adventures has become one of five nominees in this year's Best International Film category for the Academy Awards.
Chosen alongside the German production All Quiet on the Western Front, Santiago Mitre's Argentina 1985, relationship drama Close from Belgium and the Banshees of Inisherin featuring Colin Farrel and Brendan Gleeson, actors Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams revealed the nominees for the upcoming 2023 Academy Awards on Tuesday.
The movie EO (named after the noise that donkeys make) puts viewers in the shoes of a downtrodden donkey as it travels from a Polish circus to an Italian slaughterhouse.
Along the way, the donkey meets many people who all react differently to it. It has a violent brush with some intoxicated football fans, travels around for a while with a truck driver, and eventually lands up in the care of a priest in an Italian mansion.Press materials
Along the way, he meets many people who all react differently to the animal. It has a violent brush with some intoxicated football fans, travels around for a while with a truck driver, and eventually lands up in the care of a priest in an Italian mansion.
The only person who treats EO kindly is Kasandra, his trainer from the circus, from whom he has to part at the beginning of the film.
The main character, EO, was played by six similar-looking donkeys, and the film was shot in Sicily and various locations throughout Poland, including Podkarpacie, Lower Silesia, Warmia, and Mazury. Read More…
