Release Date

25 Aug, 1999

Runtime

01:24: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The solitary and largely self-contained Augustin (Jean-Chretien Sibertin Blanc), on obscure young actor of bit-parts and advertisements, has but one ambition - to play the lead role in a Kung Fu epic. But hours of Kung Fu practice alone in his room are not enough. Augustin knows he must pack up and start a new life in China... or at least that part of China within bicycling distance: Chinatown in south-east Paris. There he meets Ling (Maggie Cheung), a young Chinese woman who practices ocupuncture, and little by little, Ling's needles awaken emotions in Augustin that his virginal body had never dreamed of. Where will this lead him? To Kung Fu stardom, maybe not, but to another destiny, a quirky but logical continuation of the same dream.

Original Title

Augustin, roi du kung-fu

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Actors

Bernard Campan

Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc

Paulette Dubost

張曼玉

成龍

Darry Cowl

Pascal Bonitzer

Patricia Dinev

Fanny Ardant

André Dussollier

Marc Hoang

Ham-Chau Luong

Winston Ong

Reinaldo Wong

石凉

Thierry Lhermitte

Crew

Anne Fontaine

Christophe Pollock

Anne Fontaine

Jacques Fieschi

Gilles Taurand

Olivier Lebé

Philippe Carcassonne

Alain Sarde

Antonio Bazaga

Luc Barnier

Ri-Mah

Katia Wyszkop

Christian Gasc

Jean-Pierre Laforce