laure calamy, who'll be familiar to many from the hit tv show call my agent, stars as antoinette, a schoolteacherarried man whom she plans to surprise on the hiking trip he's taking with his wife and daughter. so, she signed up for a six—day trek and finds herself so, she signs up for a six—day trek and finds herself tethered to a stubborn beast whom, like her lover, does what he wants when he wants, regardless of her needs. taking inspiration from robert louis stevenson's travels with a donkey in the cevennes, writer—director caroline vignal�*s film, originally entitled antoinette dans les cevennes, sounds excruciating — a perky french rom—com about someone going on holiday with a donkey by mistake. and yet somehow, this quietly preposterous confection won me over, thanks in no small part to calamy's terrifically endearing and spirited performance. yes, the set—up is contrived and the comedic set piece is formulaic, and the life lessons to be learned along this journey are obvious from the outset. but calamy makes us care about antoinette�*s misfortunes, leaving us rooting for her and for her fo

laure calamy, who'll be familiar to many from the hit tv show call my agent, stars as antoinette, a schoolteacherhe signs up for a six—day trek and finds herself tethered to a stubborn beast whom, like her lover, does what he wants when he wants, regardless of her needs. taking inspiration from robert louis stevenson's travels with a donkey in the cevennes, writer—director caroline vignal�*s film, originally entitled antoinette dans les cevennes, sounds excruciating — a perky french rom—com about someone going on holiday with a donkey by mistake. and yet somehow, this quietly preposterous confection won me over, thanks in no small part to calamy�*s terrifically endearing and spirited performance. yes, the set—up is contrived and the comedic set piece is formulaic, and the life lessons to be learned along this journey are obvious from the outset. but calamy makes us care about antoinette's misfortunes, leaving us rooting for her and for her four—legged friend who will only walk when she talks, a neat dramatic device in which vignal makes the most. danish film—maker anders refn is best known to som