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.
Bernard Campan
as Boutinot
Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc
as Augustin
Paulette Dubost
as Madame Haton
張曼玉
as Ling
成龍
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
