Directed by French filmmaker Agnes Varda (VAGABOND), KUNG FU MASTER concerns a divorced, 40-year-old Parisian mother of two, Mary-Jane (Jane Birkin), who falls in love with Julien (Mathieu Demy), a 14-year-old video game enthusiast (prompting the misleading title). The scandal that results
causes Mary-Jane to lose custody of her adolescent child (played by Birkin's real-life daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg), as well as Julien. She is devastated; he, on the other hand, seems to take it rather well, telling his friends that the liaison was a "duty" he performed for Mary Jane. Has
Julien lost his grand passion, or was he ever capable of it in the first place? Is Mary J...
Released:
1987
Rated:
R
Length:
80 mins