A CGI Asterix film (this version dubbed in English) based on one of the books (expanded slightly to fill the time).
The story follows a Roman plot to conquer the last outpost of rebellious Gauls through cultural acclimation instead of military strength. They build magnificent high-rise apartment blocks next to Asterix's village and fill them will the wonders of the Roman world, to tempt the Gauls into subscribing to a Roman lifestyle.
The film is true to the spirit of the Asterix series with multi-level jokes and slapstick violence from and between the Gauls. Because it was only made in 2016 the more questionable racist** and sexist elements that sometimes appear in the original Asterix books have thankfully been expunged.
** Many Asterix books get their storyline and humour from blatant cultural stereotyping, that is not what I am referring to here.
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