One sweltering morning in charming 16th century Castile, Theresa of Avila hits the road on her donkey. And thus begins the Saint’s hagiography under the hand of Claire Bretécher, leaving out nothing out of her nomadic personality, her mystical performances and her intellectual energy. Levitation, cult repudiation, exorcism, and convent construction, all the things that comprise the everyday life of an extraordinary woman of faith.