Film
Thirst - Durst
Chan-wook Park • Southkorea 2009 • 133min
Orig. Bakjwi • korOF+dtUT • DCP
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»I don’t have a faith. I’m not going to hell.«
Sang-hyun only wants to help. That’s why the Catholic priest, plagued by a deep crisis of faith, volunteers to take part in a dangerous medical experiment in Africa. Instead of dying from the virus as he secretly hoped, he returns to his homeland as a bloodthirsty vampire. At first he tries to get blood by sucking on infusions and thus without murder, but his liaison with the rebellious Tae-ju, who is stuck in a dysfunctional family to say the least, drags him deeper and deeper into the maelstrom of all kinds of carnal desires. What follows is an insane trip to hell - if you believe in it. Overflowing with visual ideas, sprawling in its narrative and oscillating between tragedy, horror and bizarre humor, Korean cult director Chan-wook Park stages his vampire variation as a cinematic bloodlust. Bakjwi (German for bat) meanders with relish between amour fou, drama of conscience and surrealistic grotesque and deals with the major themes of guilt, atonement, morality and faith in a visually stunning tour de force. Rightly awarded the Grand Jury Prize in Cannes 2009 (Judith Salner)
Director Chan-wook Park Writer Émile Zola, Chan-wook Park, Seo-kyung Chung Cinematography Chung-hoon Chung Edit Jae-beom Kim, Sang-beom Kim Cast Kang-ho Song, Hee-jin Choi, Dong-soo Seo Music Young-wuk Cho
Park Chan-wook (geb. 1963) has been one of the world’s most renowned Korean film directors since his huge international success with OLDBOY (2003). The majority of his films have been a success both commercially and critically. From the very beginning, Park preferred the thriller genre, to which he was able to add his own unique accents, and he often interspersed his stories with interludes of wry humor and sudden shock effects. Another special feature of Park’s films is their sophisticated visual design, both in terms of the camerawork and the sets and costumes. (dff.film)
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