

The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life’s path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel of fortune randomly turn his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even for a moment does he lose his innocence.
Cinematography
Insane red-filtered nightmare sequences and donkey-eye POV shots.
Direction
Skolimowski's 84-year-old comeback with zero dialogue mercy.
Sound
Pawel Mykietyn's score turns donkey brays into existential dread.

Director
Jerzy Skolimowski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Skolimowski made this as a furious response to Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar, flipping its spiritual patience into chaotic modern despair. HEAVY
Six donkeys played EO, each cast for specific skills—one for running, one for close-ups, one for the football stadium chaos. FREE