THIRST
[박쥐]
This moody, atmospheric vampire movie stars Song Kang-ho (THE HOST, PARASITE) as a priest so devoted to healing the sick that he volunteers as a test subject for an experimental drug that ends up giving him a taste for human blood. His holy nature keeps him from draining human victims — he drinks from transfusion bags at the hospital where he volunteers — but he is unable to overcome the carnal urges his new sustenance brings and embarks on a torrid affair with a friend's wife, who soon develops a bloody thirst of her own. Park Chan-wook blends suspense, humor and imagery that is as disturbing as it is beautiful in this offbeat story of a man of god earnestly struggling with desires both earthly and infernal. "A brilliant and gruesome work of cinematic invention as well as a passionate and painful human love story." – Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com. DIR/SCR/PROD Park Chan-wook; SCR Chung Seo-kyung, inspired by the book "Thérèse Raquin" by Émile Zola; PROD Ahn Soo-hyun. South Korea, 2009, color, 134 min. In English and Korean with English subtitles. RATED R
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Run Time: 134 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, June 30, 2023
Genre: Horror drama
