Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge, Asterix's translators since the very beginning, have made great books into eternal flames. Popular animated hero Asterix and his faithful sidekick Obelix travel to.
I have read them all in many languages and, like all great literature, they are best in English. Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre is a movie starring Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, and Jamel Debbouze. The fact that the books were written originally in French is no matter. The Asterix books represent the very summit of our achievement as a literary race. Edifis is «the best architect in Alexandria», which according to Cleopatra is hardly saying much And we have to admit shes right when we look at the ramshackle structures built by Edifis and wonderfully illustrated by Albert Uderzo. Empress Cléopâtre (Monica Bellucci) makes a wager with Julius Caesa. Edifis turns to Getafix for help and Asterix, Obelix and Dogmatix. Based on the original 60s French comic books by René Goscinny, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra is the big-budget sequel to the 1999 box-office hit Astérix and Obélix vs. Both Caesar and the rival architect Artifis seek to stop the construction, each for their own reasons. She chooses architect Numerobis (Jamel Debbouze) for the project. commissions the architect Edifis to build a great palace in order to win an argument with Caesar. Empress Cleopatra (Monica Bellucci) makes a wager with Julius Caesar (played by.
A cartoon drawn with such supreme artistry, and a text layered with such glorious wordplay, satire and historical and political allusion that no reader should ever feel like they've outgrown it.- TIME OUT Asterix and Cleopatra by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo - volume 6.