Eo
NZ release: 21 July 2023
Violence, animal cruelty, offensive language and content that may disturb Rated on: 27 February 2023
What’s it about?
Eo is an episodic exploration of the human condition through the eyes of a donkey as he travels across Europe. He encounters many people – some kind, some cruel.
The facts
- Won the Jury Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival
- Nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- Screening in New Zealand as part of the New Zealand International Film Festival 2023
- The sparse dialogue is in Polish, Italian, English, and French
Why did it get this rating?
We try to avoid spoilers, but because of the nature of the content, there are spoilers below.
Violence
The film contains occasional moments of strong violence between humans. There is a sudden and shocking moment where a man’s throat is slit. He bleeds and chokes. In another scene, a man is hit with a baseball bat.
Animal cruelty
A crowd of men hit a donkey with baseball bats. This is shown from the donkey’s perspective as he falls over. Afterwards, we see his matted and bloody fur. While the bats are not shown hitting the donkey, the men’s cruelty and violence has a strong emotional impact.
Offensive language
The film contains occasional offensive language. Words include “motherf**kers”, “f**k” and “f**king”. This occurs in the English dialogue and in the subtitles for the other languages.
Content that may disturb
There are images of animals in cages and the sound of farm animals being killed.
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