Augustin, King of Kung-Fu backdrop
Augustin, King of Kung-Fu poster
Trailer
Augustin, King of Kung-Fu
7.0
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1h 24m
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1999
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Released
Overview
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.

Cast
Bernard Campan poster
Bernard Campan
Boutinot
Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc poster
Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc
Augustin
Paulette Dubost poster
Paulette Dubost
Madame Haton
Maggie Cheung poster
Maggie Cheung
Ling
Jackie Chan poster
Jackie Chan
[archive footage]
Darry Cowl poster
Darry Cowl
René
Pascal Bonitzer poster
Pascal Bonitzer
The movie director
Patricia Dinev poster
Patricia Dinev
Chantal
Fanny Ardant poster
Fanny Ardant
Fanny Ardant
André Dussollier poster
André Dussollier
André Dussollier
Marc Hoang poster
Marc Hoang
Ballet soloist
Ham-Chau Luong poster
Ham-Chau Luong
Kung-fu master in the dream
Winston Ong poster
Winston Ong
Monsieur Li
Reinaldo Wong poster
Reinaldo Wong
The hotel receptionnist
Shi Liang poster
Shi Liang
Air China crew
Thierry Lhermitte poster
Thierry Lhermitte

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