1 h 24 min | Comedy

IMDB 6.5 / 10 (431 votes)

Augustin, King of Kung-Fu (1999)

Augustin, roi du kung-fu | France| Spain

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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.

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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.

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Director

Anne Fontaine

Stars

Bernard Campan

Bernard Campan
Boutinot

Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc

Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc
Augustin

Paulette Dubost

Paulette Dubost
Madame Haton

Maggie Cheung

Maggie Cheung
Ling

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan
[archive footage]

Darry Cowl

Darry Cowl
René

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Keywords

woman director

Production

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Actor

Bernard Campan, Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, Paulette Dubost, Maggie Cheung, Jackie Chan, Darry Cowl

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Creators

Anne Fontaine (Director), Christophe Pollock (Director of Photography)

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Release dates

25.08.1999 (FR)

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