EO (film)

EO
Release poster
PolishIO
Directed byJerzy Skolimowski
Written by
  • Jerzy Skolimowski
  • Ewa Piaskowska
Produced by
  • Jerzy Skolimowski
  • Ewa Piaskowska
Starring
CinematographyMichał Dymek
Edited byAgnieszka Glińska
Music byPaweł Mykietyn
Production
companies
  • Skopia Film
  • Alien Films
Release dates
  • 19 May 2022 (2022-05-19) (Cannes)
  • 30 September 2022 (2022-09-30) (Poland)
Running time
88 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Poland
  • Italy
Languages
  • Polish
  • Italian
  • English
  • French
Box office$2.3 million[2]

EO (Polish: IO) is a 2022 Polish-Italian drama road movie directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. Inspired by Robert Bresson's 1966 film Au Hasard Balthazar, it follows the life of a donkey introduced to us while featured in a Polish circus.[3]

The film premiered in competition at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2022, where it won the Jury Prize, tying with The Eight Mountains.[4] Submitted by Poland, EO was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference premiere was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "EO (2022)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  3. ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (18 May 2022). "Jerzy Skolimowski on two-year shoot for Cannes Competition title 'EO'". Screen Daily. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  4. ^ "The 75th Festival de Cannes winners' list". festival-cannes.com. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 Oscars Nominations: See the Full List". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 24 January 2023.

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