Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 84 min
Average vote: 7.292
Collection: Augustin
Release date: 1999-08-25
Director: Anne Fontaine
Music: Olivier Lebé
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.
Bernard Campan
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Boutinot
Jean-Chrétien ...
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Augustin
Paulette Dubost
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Madame Haton
Maggie Cheung ...
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Ling
Jackie Chan
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Darry Cowl
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René
Pascal Bonitzer
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The movie dire...
Patricia Dinev
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Chantal
Fanny Ardant
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Fanny Ardant
André Dussolli...
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André Dussolli...
Marc Hoang
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Ballet soloist
Ham Chau Luong
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Kung-fu master...
Winston Ong
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Monsieur Li
Reinaldo Wong
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The hotel rece...
Shi Liang
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Air China crew
Thierry Lhermi...