EO

EO, a gray donkey with an alert mind, knows only life in his traveling circus alongside his loving trainer Kasandra. When the circus has to close and EO is separated from Kasandra, he embarks on a journey through Poland and Italy, where the patient four-legged friend encounters warmth and kindness, but also pain. EO encounters people who support him or stand in his way, some benevolent, some cruel, including a young Italian priest, a countess (Isabelle Huppert), and a Polish soccer team... Great cinema, with great film-historical role models: veteran director Jerzy Skolimowski tells an impressive road movie from the perspective of a donkey – touching, visually impressive and showered with awards at numerous festivals. He lets EO quietly observe the follies and triumphs of the earth's inhabitants and carves out a rather unflattering picture of them.