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THIRST

By Chan-Wook PARK

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Drama - Completed 2009

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2009

Competition Prix du jury

- Year of production
- 2009
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- KOREA (South)
- Languages
- KOREAN
- Budget
- 5 - 10 M$
- Duration
- 133 mn
- Director(s)
- Chan-Wook PARK
- Cast
- Kang-Ho SONG, Ok-Vin KIM
- ISAN
- 0000-0002-3B6C-0000-5-0000-0000-M
- EIDR
- 10.5240/17B3-CEA2-D885-6512-2C7F-X
- Synopsis
- Sang-hyun is a beloved and admired priest in a small town, who devotedly serves at a local hospital. He goes to Africa to volunteer as a test subject in an experiment to find a vaccine to the new deadly infectious disease caused by Emmanuel Virus(E.V.). The experiment fails and Sang-hyun gets infected by E.V. but he ends up being miraculously cured and returns home. News of Sang-hyun's recovery from E.V. spreads and people start believing he has the gift of healing and flock to receive his prayers.
  From those who come to him, Sang-hyun meets a childhood friend named Kang-woo and his wife Tae-ju. Sang-hyun is immediately drawn to Tae-ju. One day, Sang-hyun coughs up blood, dies, and comes back to life the next day as a vampire. Tae-ju gets attracted to Sang-hyun who has now turned into a vampire, and they begin a secret love affair. Sang-hyun asks Tae-ju to run away with him but she turns him down. Instead, they plot to kill Kang-woo...
- Partners & financing
- Universal Pictures