Asterix, the domain of the gods (M6): this very personal link between Alexandre Astier and Asterix

This Monday, December 19, M6 is broadcasting the animated feature film Asterix: the domain of the godsco-directed by Louis Clichy and Alexandre Astier, who is a big fan of comics.

The holiday season has arrived for the children! They still have a few days to wait before they meet up with their family and open their presents brought by Santa Claus. So, to make them wait a little longer, the television channels will broadcast many animated films over the next few weeks that will certainly appeal to the little ones, but also to the older ones. From Friday 16 December, M6 began offering family films with Dumbothe film by Tim Burton released in 2019. During the holidays, viewers will be able to watch the feature film on television The beauty and the Beast with Emma Watson, Charlie and the chocolate factory with Johnny Depp, The Grinch with jim carrey or The jungle Book realized by Jon Favreau. This Monday, December 19, spectators will be able to discover or rediscover on M6 Asterix: the domain of the godsthe animated film co-directed by Alexandre Astier and Louis Clichy released in 2014.

Alexandre Astier starred in a cult film of the universe

Alexandre Astier, actor, author and director, known to the public for his work on the phenomenon Kaamelott, has a very special link with the universe of Asterix and Obelix. Indeed, before making two animated films on the characters of René Goscinny and Albert Uderzohe starred in the film adaptation ofAsterix at the Olympics beside Clovis CornillacGérard Depardieu, Alain Delon or even Benoît Poelvoorde. He played Malosinus, a vassal of Brutus, with Pasunmotdeplus played by Michael Herbig. His character marked the public with his credulity and the many slaps he takes throughout the film.

Asterix: the domain of the gods is his favorite comic strip

Alexandre Astier did not decide by chance to make the book a feature film Asterix: the domain of the gods ! This is actually his favorite comic in this universe. as he told the Huffington Post. “It’s my favorite album precisely because of the vicious or even insidious side of the story with the Romans trying to impose their civilization within reach of the Gallic village.“, he explained to our colleagues. He also specified that he was attracted to subversive antagonists like Caesar in this opus, “It’s precisely when the villain becomes tender, suddenly very seductive and you want to go with him that I find him interesting.” He thus realized with Louis Clichy a cartoon faithful to the comics that he loved so much before embarking in 2018 on the creation of a new untold story with the animated film Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion.