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Augustin, King of Kung-Fu

Augustin, King of Kung-Fu

7.2/10 TMDB1999Comedy84 minutes

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.

JA
Jackie Chan
[archive footage]
MA
Maggie Cheung
Ling
FA
Fanny Ardant
Fanny Ardant
SH
Shi Liang
Air China crew
MA
Marc Hoang
Ballet soloist
AN
André Dussollier
André Dussollier
TH
Thierry Lhermitte
DA
Darry Cowl
René
PA
Pascal Bonitzer
The movie director
BE
Bernard Campan
Boutinot
WI
Winston Ong
Monsieur Li
PA
Paulette Dubost
Madame Haton

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Comedy
84 minutes
Français
France
August 25, 1999

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