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Augustin, King of Kung-Fu (1999)
Directed by Anne Fontaine
Comedy · 1h 24m
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.
Cast
Bernard Campan
Boutinot
Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc
Augustin
Paulette Dubost
Madame Haton
Maggie Cheung Man-yuk
Ling
Jackie Chan
[archive footage]
Darry Cowl
René
Pascal Bonitzer
The movie director
Fanny Ardant
Fanny Ardant
André Dussollier
André Dussollier
Marc Hoang
Ballet soloist
Ham Chau Luong
Kung-fu master in the dream
Crew
- Director
- Anne Fontaine
- Writer
- Anne Fontaine, Jacques Fieschi, Gilles Taurand
- Director of Photography
- Christophe Pollock
- Original Music Composer
- Olivier Lebé, Ri-Mah
- Editor
- Luc Barnier
- Producer
- Philippe Carcassonne, Alain Sarde
Details
- Original title
- Augustin, roi du kung-fu
- Release date
- 1999-08-25
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France, Spain
- Production
- Les Films Alain Sarde, Ciné B, Cinéa, France 2 Cinéma, BocaBoca Producciones