Ciné-Club: "Asterix & Obelix: Mission Kleopatra" / "Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre"

Asterix and Obelix—French national heroes at the Ciné-Club, the French cinema series presented by Cinema Quadrat and the Institut Français Mannheim! In their second live-action film, they head to Egypt...

ASTERIX & OBELIX: MISSION CLEOPATRA (ASTÉRIX & OBÉLIX: MISSION CLÉOPÂTRE)

FRA/DEU 2002. Dir.: Alain Chabat. Starring: Christian Clavier, Gérard Depardieu, Jamel Debbouze, Monica Bellucci. 100 min. French with German subtitles. FSK: 6

The year is 2002 A.D. All of France is crazy about Asterix. All of France? No! All of Europe, the whole world! So it’s high time for this second live-action adaptation of Asterix, once again featuring a stellar cast: Christian Clavier plays the clever Gaul, Gérard Depardieu plays his strong friend. And Monica Bellucci, as the Egyptian queen, asks the two for help in building a palace.
Asterix and Obelix are national treasures in France—so it’s no wonder that this film adaptation of the legendary comic by Goscinny and Uderzo immediately became the second-most successful French film of all time.

Introduction: Cosima Besse, Institut Français Mannheim