Kung-Fu Master!

Original title: Kung-fu master!

1988
R
1h 20m

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6.9/10

2.3K

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Jane Birkin and Mathieu Demy in Kung-Fu Master! (1988)

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Drama Romance

Mary-Jane, a lonely mother in her forties, gets absorbed in a sentimental affair with a 14-year-old boy.Mary-Jane, a lonely mother in her forties, gets absorbed in a sentimental affair with a 14-year-old boy.Mary-Jane, a lonely mother in her forties, gets absorbed in a sentimental affair with a 14-year-old boy.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

2.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Kung-Fu Master!

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Trivia
Director Agnès Varda later admitted the title 'Kung-Fu master!" was terribly misleading on a commercial viewpoint. Some foreign distributors even bought the film on the wrong impression it really dealt with the wild adventures of martial arts warrior.

Connections
Featured in Jane B. for Agnes V. (1988)

Soundtracks
Someone to Love
Written by Catherine Ringer and Fred Chichin
Performed by Les Rita Mitsouko

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7/10

Requiem for a long-lost youth

A requiem for a long-lost youth begging to close the door on the past bereavements by tricking the ungainly mother living her lorn childhood dream; This time with the pure, yet infeasible love of a playful child.

Such doomed to failure passion for an immature boy seems to be incontrovertible to all the sane,mature beings, yet the irresistible temptation of being cherished and loved by someone after a long time, even for a small moment, makes the ill-fated adult mother blind to the consequences.

An uncanny story which which may choose to express itself simply and plainly, by not going too deep and remains at the surface with its characters, but still is satisfying,well-crafted and well-played.

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