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.

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.

The film is a genial, summery excursion that makes the most of its star Laure Calamy, as a Parisian schoolteacher who pursues her married lover and his family on a multiday hike in the Cévennes mountains in southern France.

See the great Laure Calamy act while tending to a donkey in this delightful film. It's even more temperamental than French movie stars.