Criticism | My Holidays with Patrick

It is in a stubborn ass that we can find tenderness and affection

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We can find love in small things like smiles, looks and a donkey. But how do you find love on a donkey? My Holidays with Patrick, it is not a holiday with a man, but with a donkey. The feature approaches in a therapeutic way the uncomfortable situations we go through and the way the production leads the plot ... it's beautiful. French films have a very interesting feature, they are genuine and full of emotions and feelings.

The plot presents us with Antoinette, an elementary school teacher who was somewhat disconcerted, initially a little inconvenient to popular taste. The people around her, laugh because she is who she is. She, in her inconvenience, changes clothes in front of the children, rehearses inappropriate songs at the end of the year performance and makes declarations of love to the man she is going out with when his wife is around - she is the mistress and she is left over. Therefore, we see a total lack of common sense in it. But we see in her a courage to do something that many of us would not do out of modesty, shame, fear of being pointed out.

She's not crazy or anything. He has a stable job, fixed housing - as far as we know - and a normal life. But she has that free and detached way that somehow bothers others. In addition, she shows herself to be a madly in love person. However, his audacity goes beyond certain limits. Although, she is happy and makes us laugh at the comical situations that she gets into, we realize that she is a sad person and that she misses something in her life, something that fills her. Caroline Vignal who signs direction and script makes the viewer feel an affection, a kind of tenderness for the displaced protagonist and that is a great challenge, because how to build a comic character without being grotesque?

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Laure Calamy is the protagonist who shares the spotlight with Patrick, the donkey / Reproduction

The actress Laure Calamy is the one who can handle the rhythm of the plot. She has in her curriculum some plots of cracked comedies and some dramas, but it is in the long My Holidays with Patrick that we see your talent shine. With their facial expressions, with a wide childlike smile, the childish tone used in a falsely assertive way in front of students that easily disassembles in front of other adults when confronted. Things get worse when beloved Vladimir dismisses her and she continues her romantic vacation with a donkey named Patrick.

Initially, we found it a bizarre situation, as Antoinette does not appear to have an adventurous instinct and the animal does not cooperate, does not obey. But over the course of the film, we see that they create a bond between them and this affection, this exchange in the relationship is very real and fair. If this idea had been played by other writers, it could have had another outcome. The most beautiful thing to see is the melancholy and somewhat comical feeling. We see that the production abuses the scenarios, the images are well constructed and the soundtrack is very consistent with the situations. It is a positive point for the development of the plot.

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Antoinette and her boyfriend's wife / Reproduction

Aesthetics are well behaved and in this case, taking into account the construction of the character, it could have been more daring. We realized that many joint plans were used to highlight the character's presence and nature in a balanced way. And the composition of the scenes is well done, even when the protagonist realizes her goals, she shoots out an immense cry and from a distance we observe her in profile to the screen. However, she becomes submissive again and this attitude is evidenced by a donkey's counterplan, disapproving the attitudes of her travel partner. We realize that the landscape is more than touristic, it is a point of self-discovery of the character that gradually meets.

Between comings and goings, the relationship with the donkey becomes the most lasting bond of the plot, because while it is snubbed by men - as she tells, it is in the donkey that she finds shelter, he who expresses himself little, offers her more than any person has already offered it and this bond was very well valued by the script. We also see that the plot does not include clichés and very powerful twists. It is all very contained, because the objective is to show the character's encounter with herself.

My Holidays with Patrick is a film that shows a character who believes that she will achieve something by putting herself in a submissive posture in the face of a situation that she knows will remain hidden and will soon be discarded and the main focus is on self-discovery and the inner connection with the character's own desires and that she starts to accept her limitations. It is not even far from self-help, it is, in fact, therapeutic, inspiring. She does not compare with other people and her history, her personality is recognized in all the hotels where she is, it is as if it were a reward for her "fame". The pleasure of being alone is what Antoinette needs to discover.

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review-my-vacation-with-patrickIt is a feature that accompanies the most disconcerted and most captivating protagonist on a walk that shows us how it is possible to be well in the company itself. French films when done well are a pearl. A set of images, frames, soundtrack, perfect performances, direction and script well tied. It's great entertainment for a Sunday afternoon.

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