![]() The French title may refer to 1953 film " The Sword and the Rose", and possibly also Paul Verhoeven's gruesome medieval film " Flesh & Blood" (1985) which is also known as "The Rose and the Sword". The word glaive in French is used to designate both a Roman gladius and a long spear with a shaped blade on the end, though the cover design shows a sword. The original French title is La Rose et le Glaive (The Rose and the Sword).Julius Caesar is made the laughing stock of Rome, and Bravura leaves for Lutetia, reconciled with Asterix. In the meantime, the men of the village defeat the male soldiers stationed around the village and finally, Cacofonix sings again to expel the women. When the Roman women eventually attack the village, they find that Bravura has converted the village into a shopping mall where the women can buy clothes and get their hair and makeup done. His initial step is to have Cacofonix sing onomatopoeia in the forest, causing rain and scaring all animals (in one scene exposing a dragon), which in turn terrifies the female Roman scout parties and delays their assault. At this, Asterix approaches Bravura with a plan. However, she is refused, and Claphamomnibus insults her. Bravura suggests making peace, and goes to meet the female legionaries herself. Asterix, when he learns of this, is sent to warn the village women of the threat. Immediately, Getafix and the other village men join Vitalstatistix in the forest.Ĭlaphamomnibus's ship lands at Gaul, and he reveals the secret weapon: female legionaries, whom the Gaulish men would refuse to fight for fear of being dishonored. For striking a woman, Impedimenta expels Asterix from the village when Getafix objects to this, Bravura insults him. When she kisses him, Asterix hits her reflexively, but feels shame and regret immediately after. Asterix, troubled by all of this from the start, is approached by Bravura, who offers to marry him and assume joint chieftainship whereupon Asterix accuses her of coming to the village to seize power. At the village, Bravura's reforms spread discord among all the locals. Meanwhile, Julius Caesar, to take over the village, sends his agent Manlius Claphamomnibus, with orders to bring the "secret weapon" over the ocean discreetly. Impedimenta is then made chief by the women, while the men do not dare vote against their wives. Impedimenta then quarrels with Vitalstatistix, who joins Cacofonix in the forest. Over the next few days, Bravura exhorts Impedimenta (and later other village women) to resist the authority of her husband. When Bravura arrives, the women are stunned by her singing and the men laugh at it much to her annoyance. Upon hearing this, Cacofonix secludes himself in the forest nearby. The story begins when a female bard named Bravura is being hired by the women of the village, who think that Cacofonix is giving their children a poor education.
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