
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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Bernard Campan as Boutinot

Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc as Augustin

Paulette Dubost as Madame Haton

Maggie Cheung as Ling

Jackie Chan as [archive footage]

Darry Cowl as René

Pascal Bonitzer as The movie director

Patricia Dinev as Chantal

Fanny Ardant as Fanny Ardant

André Dussollier as André Dussollier

Marc Hoang as Ballet soloist

Ham Chau Luong as Kung-fu master in the dream

Winston Ong as Monsieur Li

Reinaldo Wong as The hotel receptionnist

Shi Liang as Air China crew

Thierry Lhermitte as
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