Since June 12, she has been starring in “Paradis Paris” by Marjane Satrapi. But do you know what Monica Bellucci’s best film is according to AlloCiné internet users? Hint: she plays a famous queen.
Her last feature films not having been released in our cinemas, it has been almost three years since we last saw Monica Bellucci at the cinema in France. Since August 2021 and the release of Fantasmes. Already an choral film, like Paradis Paris by Marjane Satrapi, released this Wednesday, June 12.
A story of crossed destinies against a backdrop of death (and therefore life) and solitude, in which the actress plays a soprano who wakes up in the morgue, even though her death has been pronounced by mistake. And it will stay in these themes at the start of the school year with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice by Tim Burton, expected on September 11 at home.
But do you know what his film is best rated by AlloCiné internet users? Or rather: is the biggest success of his career also the one with the best average? The answer is yes.
Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula, in which she plays one of the vampire’s wives, almost created a surprise, with the same average. But he got it with “only” 24,311 ratings, compared to 77,368 for Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra. Who therefore takes the cake.
Still considered the best adaptation of the adventures of Asterix and Obelix in live action (if not the only successful one), Alain Chabat’s feature film in which she plays the Queen of Egypt is also the eleventh biggest success of all times at the French box office, with 14,404,829 spectators.
Some excerpts from reviews of Internet users who gave “Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra” a rating of 5 stars out of 5
Marc L: “Gérard Depardieu And Christian Clavier are always at the top in their roles. The rest of the cast is just as excellent (Monica Bellucci, Jamel Debbouze, Gérard DarmonAlain Chabat, Edward Baer …). Very good ideas in the staging and humor. Dialogues that have become cult. We laugh from start to finish.”
Sylvain V.: “Finally an Asterix that we can see without criticizing badly or with a guilty conscience. Breathtaking special effects, spectacular chases, that’s a real Asterix and Obelix. An original and new scenario. A new view of the world of Asterix and Obelix Magnificent decors, even astonishing! Worthy of an Asterix and Obelix, a rare gem, a masterpiece by Alain Chabat!!
To see at least twice so as not to miss any of the humor
Dark Paradise: “I didn’t expect to see such a successful second part! This film is fresh, entertaining and funny. I loved the research put into the dialogues, which are full of humor and finesse, all punctuated with repartee and of winks in a style that is a little offbeat compared to the historical period of the scenario. The cast of actors brings THE most to the film. In particular Debouze, who delivers a performance so exceptional that it has now become cult.
Monica Bellucci is captivating and sexy as Cleopatra. Depardieu is still as good as Obélix. In short, a pure moment of delight and relaxation, to be enjoyed without moderation, and intelligent laughter guaranteed! To see at least twice so as not to miss any of the humor, and as often as you want for an anti-stress evening alone, with family or with friends! You will ask for more. It’s without a doubt my favorite French comedy.”
Louis DCiné: “I love this film. Mission Cleopatra respects the comic strip very well. We also immediately recognize the cartoon Asterix and Cleopatra. For me, this is easily the best film of the adventures of Asterix and Obelix seen on the big screen. The costumes are perfect, the Egyptian sets are superb and the actors are all great. Almost all of them bring humor, especially Jamel Debbouze as Numérobis. Alain Chabat hits hard and signs one of the best French comedies with a very good script.”
boscopax: “Chabat is the only one to date to have succeeded in the feat of reconciling cinema and comics. The gags seem to come straight out of the drawings and each actor is magnificently in his place. All the actors have been chosen with care , and each represents the one we hoped for: We saw very clearly Belluci as Cleopatra, Debbouze as Numerobis, Darmon, Lauby…. Everyone is there, hats off to Chabat.”
The gags seem to come straight out of the drawings and each actor is beautifully in their place
Audrey L: “Each line is cult (…) The plot does not lack pep, wild music (‘I Feel Good’ by James Brown!) and a finale full of apotheosis of humor and action. Hats off, because if we have to choose a film that will make young and old alike laugh, that is neither vulgar nor silly, that combines the most bizarre and twisted dialogues there is…we take Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra.”
Eric C.: “Without a doubt one of the best French comedies ever made, with colossal resources, a breathtaking 5-star cast, permanent humor Alain Chabat signs his masterpiece, totally respecting in the spirit the legendary comic strip of Goscinny And Uderzoby bringing modernity with a rhythm of narration of astonishing fluidity as the gags, the witticisms, the drollery even in the sets and costumes are permanent (…) Bravo to this comic masterpiece of the French cinema entered the pantheon of the history of the 7th Art in Gallic style.”
And you ? Are you one of the many lovers of this Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra?
