Augustin, King of Kung-Fu

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Bernard Campan
Bernard Campan

Boutinot

Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc
Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc

Augustin

Paulette Dubost
Paulette Dubost

Madame Haton

Maggie Cheung
張曼玉

Ling

Jackie Chan
成龍

[archive footage]

Darry Cowl
Darry Cowl

René

Pascal Bonitzer
Pascal Bonitzer

The movie director

Patricia Dinev
Patricia Dinev

Chantal

Fanny Ardant
Fanny Ardant

Fanny Ardant

André Dussollier
André Dussollier

André Dussollier

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1999-08-25

  • Average

    7.3

  • Rating:

    3.6 starts
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    Français
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