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  • 2022
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2022
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary Antoinette, a schoolteacher, is looking forward to her long planned summer holiday with her married lover Vladimir, the father of one of her pupils. When she learns that Vladimir has to cancel because his wife organized a surprise hiking vacation, Antoinette decides to follow their tracks, accompanied by a protective donkey named Patrick...

Written By: Caroline Vignal, Robert Louis Stevenson

  • 2022
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2022
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 36 m

My Donkey, My Lover & I

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary Antoinette, a schoolteacher, is looking forward to her long planned summer holiday with her married lover Vladimir, the father of one of her pupils. When she learns that Vladimir has to cancel because his wife organized a surprise hiking vacation, Antoinette decides to follow their tracks, accompanied by a protective donkey named Patrick...

Written By: Caroline Vignal, Robert Louis Stevenson

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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8% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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92% Positive
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8% Mixed
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100
Jul 18, 2022
Writer-director Caroline Vignal could have made "My Donkey” into a 90-minute monologue, with Antoinette talking to the donkey. Instead, there’s lots of variation, smart turns of story and well-drawn, well-defined characters. Vignal makes even the bit characters, the ones with just three or four lines, vivid.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 26, 2022
With its easy pace and genial company, “My Donkey, My Lover & I” is a journey worth taking, even if, at the end of the day, there’s no cozy French inn waiting for you.
By Kristen Page-Kirby FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 22, 2022
Its plot is simple and direct, albeit enlivened by well-timed surprises. The film isn’t especially funny—droll is more accurate—but its approach to Antoinette’s character adroitly balances sympathy with mockery.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 19, 2022
It’s delightful. Director Caroline Vignal infuses the film with just enough whimsy — but not too much. It’s not going to rewrite the rules of cinema or anything, but it’s not trying to.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
67
Jul 21, 2022
My Donkey, My Lover & I is a sun-kissed, transportive charmer that doesn’t bring much new to the table yet never hits a snag. In other words: the ideal summer watch.
By Jordan Raup FULL REVIEW
67
Jul 20, 2022
My Donkey, My Lover & I isn’t going to break the mold, but it’s an easy stride of a film that’s bubbling with joy.
By Jenny Nulf FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 3, 2021
The real chemistry here is with the four-legged ass, not the human one.
By Cath Clarke FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Chapka Films, La Filmerie, France 3 Cinéma, Belga Productions, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, Diaphana Distribution, Playtime, La Banque Postale Image 13, Cinémage 14, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Département De La Lozère, Beside Productions, Moulin d'Andé-CECI
Release Date Jul 22, 2022
Duration 1 h 36 m
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Website https://axiafilms.com/film/antoinette-dans-les-cevennes
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Awards

César Awards, France
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
Lumiere Awards, France
• 2 Nominations
Prix Alice Guy
• 1 Nomination

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