

Obelix falls for a new arrival in his home village in Gaul, but is heartbroken when her true love arrives to visit her. However, the lovers are kidnapped by Romans; Asterix and Obelix set out to rescue them on a dangerous journey that will involve gladiators, slavers and beauracracy - and a personal encounter with the Emperor himself, Julius Caesar...
Writing
Caesar's bureaucratic nightmare of a Rome is accidentally timeless satire.

Director
Gaëtan Brizzi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Brizzi brothers later directed Disney's 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'—you can see their crowd-chaos skills brewing here.
This adapts 'Asterix the Gladiator' AND 'Asterix the Legionary' into one film—a narrative gamble that somehow works through pure French confidence.
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