Two rival chieftains have been elected to govern a little village in ancient Gaul & a ditch dug through the village divides it literally into a party of the left & a party of the right. But the son & daughter of the two chieftains are in love. Histrionix & the beautiful Melodrama have more sense than their fathers & call in Asterix Obelix & the druid Getafix to sort out the political wrangling. What with the intriguing of the sinister traitor Codfix who wants to marry Melodrama himself the Gauls work is cut out for them can they persuade the star-crossed lovers village to reunite against the threat of Julius Caesars Roman legionaries? Getafix brews some interesting new magic potions to help