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 Man-Yuk 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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