Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia
2012 French film
- 17 October 2012 (2012-10-17)[1]
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Italy
Spain
Hungary
Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia (French: Astérix & Obélix : Au service de Sa Majesté) directed by Laurent Tirard, a sequel to Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008), is the fourth installment in the Asterix film series after Asterix & Obelix vs Caesar (1999), Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), and Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008). The film is adapted into 3D and had its world premiere in September 2012, like Asterix and the Olympic Games, it also received negative reviews. It is a live-action film from Fidélité Films and is based on Asterix in Britain (1965) and Asterix and the Normans (1966).[2]
Plot
Julius Caesar lands in Britain, where a small village still holds out bravely against the Roman legions. But the situation becomes critical and the villagers have not got long to live; that's when Anticlimax, one of the villagers seeks volunteers to go seek help from his second-cousin Asterix the Gaul and bring back a barrel of "magic potion" from the Breton village of the indomitable heroes.
Cast
- Edouard Baer as Asterix
- Gérard Depardieu as Obelix
- Fabrice Luchini as Julius Caesar
- Catherine Deneuve as the Queen Cordelia
- Gérard Jugnot as Redbeard
- Valérie Lemercier as Miss Macintosh
- Guillaume Gallienne as Anticlimax
- Charlotte Le Bon as Ophelia, Anticlimax's fiancée
- Vincent Lacoste as Justforkix
- Dany Boon as Tetedepiaf
- Bouli Lanners as Grossebaf (Olaf Timandahaf)
- Atmen Kelif as Pindépis
- Niccolò Senni as Megacursus
- Jean Rochefort as Senador Lucius Fouinus
- Michel Duchaussoy as Abraracourcix
- László Baranyi as Panoramix
- Tristán Ulloa as Claudius Lapsus
- Vincent Moscato as Pilliébax
- Ginnie Watson as a Breton
- Filippo Timi as a decurion
- Neri Marcorè as a decurion
References
- ^ Programme-tv.net
- ^ a b Mintzer, Jordan (8 October 2012). "Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ "ASTÉRIX ET OBÉLIX: AU SERVICE DE SA MAJESTÉ (2012)". JP' Box-Office. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
External links
- Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia at IMDb
- Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia at Rotten Tomatoes
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Films directed by Laurent Tirard
- The Story of My Life (2004)
- Molière (2007)
- Little Nicholas (2009)
- Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia (2012)
- Nicholas on Holiday (2014)
- Up for Love (2016)
- Return of the Hero (2018)
- The Speech (2020)
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