Devotees of French film history approaching “My Donkey, My Lover & I” should discard any ideas they might have about the historical use of that particular animal as a symbol of spiritual suffering.
The gently amusing and emotionally slight latest feature from director Caroline Vignal (“Girlfriends”) does indeed involve an unhappy woman and a donkey that serves as her de facto confessor, but the similarities to Robert Bresson’s “Au Hasard Balthazar” end the moment Patrick the donkey shuffles into frame. He’s a recalcitrant sort, a bit too stubborn and much too loud to sacrifice himself for the sins of humanity.
Antoinette knows a little bit about those sins. She’s a single schoolteacher in the throes of a starry-eyed affair with Vladimir, the married father of one of her students. She’s certain they’re going to spend a full week out of her summer holiday together and is...
The gently amusing and emotionally slight latest feature from director Caroline Vignal (“Girlfriends”) does indeed involve an unhappy woman and a donkey that serves as her de facto confessor, but the similarities to Robert Bresson’s “Au Hasard Balthazar” end the moment Patrick the donkey shuffles into frame. He’s a recalcitrant sort, a bit too stubborn and much too loud to sacrifice himself for the sins of humanity.
Antoinette knows a little bit about those sins. She’s a single schoolteacher in the throes of a starry-eyed affair with Vladimir, the married father of one of her students. She’s certain they’re going to spend a full week out of her summer holiday together and is...
- 7/22/2022
- by Dave White
- The Wrap
Caroline Vignal on Howard Hawks’s Rio Bravo: “I think the main thing is that I’m really a fan of Dean Martin, mostly as a singer.”
Laure Calamy’s wildly amusing performance in Caroline Vignal’s My Donkey, My Lover, And I (Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes) earned her the César Award for Best Actress, besting the Lumière Award co-winners Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier, the stars of Filippo Meneghetti’s (Oscar-shortlisted and César Best First Feature Film winner) Two Of Us (Deux), Virginie Efira in Albert Dupontel’s multiple César Award-winning Bye Bye Morons, and Camélia Jordana for Emmanuel Mouret’s Love Affair(s), which received a record 13 nominations, winning just one for Best Supporting Actress Emilie Dequenne.
Antoinette (Laure Calamy) with Patrick: “The Cévennes have room to roam. In France we’re so steeped in the Western …”
Shot by Simon Beaufils with a score by Matei Bratescot,...
Laure Calamy’s wildly amusing performance in Caroline Vignal’s My Donkey, My Lover, And I (Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes) earned her the César Award for Best Actress, besting the Lumière Award co-winners Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier, the stars of Filippo Meneghetti’s (Oscar-shortlisted and César Best First Feature Film winner) Two Of Us (Deux), Virginie Efira in Albert Dupontel’s multiple César Award-winning Bye Bye Morons, and Camélia Jordana for Emmanuel Mouret’s Love Affair(s), which received a record 13 nominations, winning just one for Best Supporting Actress Emilie Dequenne.
Antoinette (Laure Calamy) with Patrick: “The Cévennes have room to roam. In France we’re so steeped in the Western …”
Shot by Simon Beaufils with a score by Matei Bratescot,...
- 3/27/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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