Augustin, King of Kung-Fu
Augustin, roi du kung-fu
Release: 1999-08-25
·Runtime: 84m
·★ 7.2
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
France
Spain
Cast
Paulette Dubost
as Madame Haton
Bernard Campan
as Boutinot
Maggie Cheung
as Ling
Darry Cowl
as René
Marc Hoang
as Ballet soloist
Shi Liang
as Air China crew
Jackie Chan
as [archive footage]
Fanny Ardant
as Fanny Ardant
Winston Ong
as Monsieur Li
Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc
as Augustin
Pascal Bonitzer
as The movie director
André Dussollier
as André Dussollier
Ham Chau Luong
as Kung-fu master in the dream
Thierry Lhermitte
