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Augustin, King of Kung-Fu (1999)

Augustin, King of Kung-Fu (1999)

Comedy
Release Date: 1999, August 25
Directors: Anne Fontaine
Countries: Spain, France
Production: Les Films Alain Sarde, Les Films Alain Sarde, Ciné B, Ciné B, Cinéa, Cinéa, France 2 Cinéma, France 2 Cinéma, BocaBoca Producciones, BocaBoca Producciones
Cast: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, André Dussollier, Marc Hoang, Shi Liang, Fanny Ardant, Bernard Campan, Ham Chau Luong, Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, Winston Ong, Darry Cowl, Paulette Dubost

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.

Keywords:

woman director