Gilles Lantier, a young reporter on the AFP newspaper, is suffering from a nervous breakdown. Realising that neither his friend Jean nor his girlfriend Eloïse can help him, he decides to stay with his sister Odile, who lives near Limoges. At a party one evening he meets a wealthy bourgeois woman named Nathalie Sylvener. It is love at first sight, and on his return to Paris, Gilles tells Eloïse that he is now devotedly attached to another woman. Although Nathalie agrees to live with him in Paris, she rejects Gilles' offer of marriage. It is not long before the couple have settled into a routine and their passion begins to cool. Then Nathalie suddenly disappears from Gilles' life...
In August 1952, a family of British tourists is found by the roadside in Haute Provence, brutally murdered. In the ensuing, very public, investigation a local landowner, 75 year old Gaston Dominici, is arrested for the murders, having been denounced by his sons. Under police interrogation, Dominici confesses to have killed the family and it looks certain that he will be charged, tried and sentenced to death. But then the case begins to collapse. The old man retracts his confession and the lack of evidence against him becomes apparent…
Asterix & Obelix are returning to the big screen this year with their first 3D animated feature.
The characters Asterix & Obelix have been popular ever since the first comic was released in 1959. A lot of movies have been made about the characters over the years, but this will be the first CG animated movie. The movie is based on the comic Asterix: Le Domain de Dievx (Land of the Gods) and the French animation studio–Mikros Images–provide the animation for this feature. Asterix: Land of the Gods will be directed by Louis Clichy and adapted by Alexandre Astier.
We are in 50 BC and all Gaul (France) is occupied by the Romans … All? No! Because a small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. Exasperated by the situation, Julius Caesar decided to change tactics as armies are unable to impose by force, it is the Roman civilization itself that will have to seduce these barbaric Gauls. Caesar therefore built next to the village a luxurious residential area for Roman owners: "The Domain of the Gods". Will Asterix and Obelix, our Gallic friends, be able to resist greed and Roman comfort? Will their village become a theme park? Asterix and Obelix will do everything to thwart Caesar.
Available in 2D and 3D.