SimilarScreen
My Donkey, My Lover & I

My Donkey, My Lover & I

20206.41h 37m

Overview

Antoinette, a school teacher, is looking forward to her long planned summer holidays with her secret lover Vladimir, the father of one of her pupils. When learning that Vladimir cannot come because his wife organized a surprise trekking holiday in the Cévennes National Park with their daughter and a donkey to carry their load, Antoinette decides to follow their track, by herself, with Patrick, a protective donkey.

Directed by Caroline Vignal
Written by Caroline Vignal
Produced by Laetitia Galitzine, Aurélie Rouvière
0

Top Cast

Laure Calamy

Laure Calamy

Antoinette Lapouge

Benjamin Lavernhe

Benjamin Lavernhe

Vladimir Loubier

Olivia Côte

Olivia Côte

Eléonore Loubier

Marc Fraize

Marc Fraize

Michel

Jean-Pierre Martins

Jean-Pierre Martins

Shériff

Louise Vidal

Louise Vidal

Alice Loubier

Lucía Sánchez

Lucía Sánchez

Annie

Maxence Tual

Maxence Tual

Jacques

Marie Rivière

Marie Rivière

Claire

François Caron

François Caron

Bernard

Themes & Keywords

francedonkeyhikinglove affairfamily vacationriding a donkeytrekkingcheating husband

About My Donkey, My Lover & I

My Donkey, My Lover & I is a comedy, adventure, romance film released in 2020 exploring themes of france, donkey, hiking, love affair, family vacation, riding a donkey. Directed by Caroline Vignal, it stars Laure Calamy, Benjamin Lavernhe, Olivia Côte. Antoinette, a school teacher, is looking forward to her long planned summer holidays with her secret lover Vladimir, the father of one of her pupils. When learning that Vladimir cannot come because his wife organized a surprise trekking holiday in the Cévennes National Park with their daughter and a donkey to carry their load, Antoinette decides to follow their track, by herself, with Patrick, a protective donkey.

Movies Similar to My Donkey, My Lover & I

Discover titles like My Donkey, My Lover & I — ranked by similarity and community votes

We found 15 movies similar to My Donkey, My Lover & I

If you enjoyed My Donkey, My Lover & I, you'll love these handpicked recommendations. Each title below shares similar themes, tone, and storytelling style. Our algorithm analyzes genres, keywords, director filmography, and cast connections to find the closest matches. Whether you're looking for the same emotional depth, narrative structure, or visual style, these picks are curated to deliver the best viewing experience for fans of My Donkey, My Lover & I.

It's Complicated
25% Match

Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping together. But Jake is married, and Jane is embarking on a new romance with her architect. Now, she has to sort out her life—just when she thought she had it all figured out.

A Perfect Plan
24% Match

Successful woman in love tries to break her family curse of every first marriage ending in divorce, by dashing to the altar with a random stranger before marrying her boyfriend.

Love at First Fight
22% Match

Arnaud, facing an uncertain future and a dearth of choices in a small French coastal town, meets and falls for the apocalyptic-minded Madeleine, who joins an army boot camp to learn military and survival skills to prepare for the upcoming environmental collapse. Intrigued and excited by Madeleine’s wild ideas, Arnaud signs up for the boot camp himself. They soon realize that the boot camp is harder than they’d imagined, but the experience nonetheless cements them together as the couple continues to explore their young love.

Paris Can Wait
21% Match

Anne is at a crossroads in her life. Long married to a successful, driven but inattentive movie producer, she unexpectedly finds herself taking a car trip from Cannes to Paris with Jacques, a business associate of her husband. What should be a seven-hour drive turns into a carefree two-day adventure replete with diversions involving picturesque sights, fine food and wine, humor, wisdom and romance - reawakening Anne's senses and giving her a new lust for life.

Girls Trip
21% Match

Girls Trip(2017)

Movie6.8/10

Four girlfriends take a trip to New Orleans for an annual festival and, along the way, rediscover their wild sides and strengthen the bonds of sisterhood.

Shrek the Musical
20% Match

Put out of his swamp solitude by a wicked tyrant's order, grumpy ogre Shrek goes on a journey – accompanied by a chatterbox donkey – to retrieve a beautiful princess from a tower, unaware that she has secrets all her own.

Under the Tuscan Sun
20% Match

Frances Mayes, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco, decides to take a tour of Tuscany following a difficult divorce. After impulsively buying a run-down villa in the Italian countryside, she begins to piece her life back together in unexpected ways.

Vacation
19% Match

Vacation(2015)

Movie6.3/10

Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless to say, things don't go quite as planned.

Blended
18% Match

Blended(2014)

Movie6.9/10

Recently divorced mom Lauren and widowed dad Jim let their friends push them into a blind date, which goes disastrously wrong. Unsurprisingly, neither wants to see the other ever again. However, fate intervenes when both Jim and Lauren, unbeknownst to each other, purchase one-half of the same vacation package at a South African resort for families, during spring break. They and their children are forced to share the same romantic suite and participate in a slew of family activities together.

National Lampoon's European Vacation
18% Match

The Griswolds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.

Crazy Kind of Love
18% Match

While re-evaluating her life, a mother relies on her stoner son and his awkward brother to keep life interesting. When an unlikely romance blossoms between the youngest son and the girl next door, she realizes the key to her happiness can be found where she least expects it.

Just Go with It
18% Match

While romancing Palmer, a much younger schoolteacher, plastic surgeon Danny Maccabee enlists his loyal assistant Katherine to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, Katherine's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.

Pardon Mon Affaire
18% Match

On an otherwise normal day, Étienne, a happily married man and a good father, sees something that stops him dead in his tracks: a gorgeous woman in a billowing red dress. Long after she has left his vision, her memory continues to haunt his mind. He falls instantly in love with her and tries everything to get to know her better. Helping Étienne snare his elusive lady in red are his three bumbling buddies, which all have secret affairs and/or cheat on their wives.

Cockles and Muscles
17% Match

Crustacés et coquillages is a fresh French comedy film with numerous surprise turnarounds and about the tolerance of a family of four. The family spend an idealistic summer vacation together where each of the family members gets involved in a new or old relationship.