It may be impossible for a human to truly imagine the mindset of a donkey, but veteran Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski for the most part does a very engaging job of imagining how a beast of burde…
Quite clearly conceived as a companion piece and response to Robert Bresson’s profound and deeply moving 1966 study of the same breed of animal in, creates an array of dazzling notions as to how such a creature might see the world. Until it somewhat slips off the rails in the final half-hour, this is an exemplary, fresh and radiant piece of work from an 84-year-old director who has not lost his energy or own way of seeing things.
The story starts in a Polish circus, which doesn’t seem too bad compared to what many beasts face elsewhere. But animal rights activists put a stop to that, whereupon EO lands in a very good spot indeed — a petting zoo; no stress there. Still, nothing seems permanent, a fact that EO must face frequently throughout his itinerant life.
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