CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 2009
Thirst posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE2009 2h 13m KOR

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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Park Chan-wook again pairs lush, tactile images with corrosive desire, dark comedy, and shifting power between characters; it has Thirst’s appetite for beautiful surfaces and moral danger.

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A vampire story with a similarly uneasy blend of tenderness, bodily horror, and forbidden intimacy, delivered with cool restraint rather than conventional scares.

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Why this pick

Its ornate sensuality, ritualized desire, and slyly uncomfortable humor echo Thirst’s fascination with craving and the unstable negotiations of erotic power.

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Why this pick

For the weary, sensual side of Thirst: a nocturnal vampire romance steeped in dry humor, melancholy, and a tactile appreciation for music, blood, and decay.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Song Kang-ho

Song Kang-ho

Priest Sang-hyun

Kim Ok-bin

Kim Ok-bin

태주(Taeju)

Shin Ha-kyun

Shin Ha-kyun

Kang-woo

Kim Hae-sook

Kim Hae-sook

Lady Ra

Mercedes Cabral

Mercedes Cabral

Evelyn

Eriq Ebouaney

Eriq Ebouaney

Immanuel

Park In-hwan

Park In-hwan

Priest Noh