Jerzy Skolimowski and Ewa Piaskowska set out to make a 'donkey road movie' to draw attention to the brutal way animals are often treated.
When acclaimed Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski and his wife and collaborator, screenwriter and producer Ewa Piaskowska, set out to create a “donkey’s road movie,” they wanted their project to make a profound statement about the plight of animals in our brutal world. The result of their labor of love is “EO,” winner of the Cannes Film Festival jury prize and Poland’s entry into the international feature Oscar race.
In addition to paying homage to Robert Bresson’s 1966 seminal film “Au Hasard Balthazar,” which also centers on a mistreated donkey, Skolimowski and Piaskowska wanted to raise awareness of the plight of animals in the industrial farming world. “We have a house deep inside the forest in the Polish countryside, and every day we have a growing appreciation of nature and all the different creatures who share our world with us,” Piaskowska says.
“They are such innocent, gentle and good animals,” he adds. “They live to the fullest in the present moment. They never show narcissism. They witness people running around them with strange equipment, and they think we are crazy. It was such a kind set to work on because every person in the crew was picked because they were an animal lover. There were no raised voices or arguments.”
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