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.

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Cast

Bernard Campan

Boutinot

Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc

Augustin

Paulette Dubost

Madame Haton

Maggie Cheung

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

Winston Ong

Monsieur Li