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Kung-Fu Master!

“He was 15. She was 40. Love is where you find it.”

1988 · 1 h 20 min
Directed by Agnès Varda · France · French New Wave
DramaRomance

Cast

Jane Birkin Mathieu Demy Charlotte Gainsbourg Lou Doillon Gary Chekchak Cyril Houplain

Credits

Written by: Jane Birkin

Plot

A lonely forty-year-old woman finds herself shattering taboos by falling for a fourteen-year-old boy.

Sinekatalog’s take

Agnès Varda's drama, with Jane Birkin and Mathieu Demy, is delicate and controversial, about forbidden love.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (2,587 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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