The first shot is a map of Gaul, very much like the classic map we all know from the beginning of each Asterix story. The Roman eagle staff falls down, creating a crack in the map where it lands. We see a hand holding a magnifying glass come into the picture, and the camera zooms through to reveal Asterix's village surrounded by the fortified camps. It continues zooming through to a house in the village, but as the door opens instead of Asterix or Obelix walking out, we meet the new character Alafolix/Lovestorix (Stéphane Rousseau). He holds a dove that he lets go and it rapidly flies into the distance.With Cacofonix's tree hut in the background he holds out a Greek coin with the head of Princess Irina (Vanessa Hessler) whom he loves. Alafolix leaves the village. There are several helicopter shots of the Gaulish countryside as the credits role. We see a montage of Alafolix going on his journey - getting knocked into the river by a passing Roman horse rider, Alafolix sheltering from a thunderstorm in the cave (that is already occupied!) and getting chased by bees. After a very nice graphic of "Asterix aux jeux Olympiques" we now see the dove coming to the end of its journey and approaching the Greek palace where Irina lives. Irina takes Alafolix's love scroll from the dove's pouch and unwinds it - its as long as a toilet roll! She reads.