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Thirst(Movie, 2009)

Original title: "박쥐" (Korean/KO)
FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 13min | Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
ThirstRating: 3.6/5 (with 379379 votes)
Thirst (Korean: 박쥐; literally "bat") is a 2009 horror film written, produced and directed by Park Chan-wook. Based on the 1867 novel Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola, the film stars Song Kang-ho as Sang-hyun, a Catholic priest who turns into a vampire as a result of a failed medical experiment, and falls in love with Tae-ju (Kim Ok-bin), the wife of his childhood friend (Shin Ha-kyun). An international co-production of South Korea and the United States, Thirst was released in South Korea on 30 April 2009, where it was a commercial success. It received generally positive reviews from critics and won the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, where it was also nominated for the Palme d'Or. ()
Movie poster of Thirst

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Available languages: German
Duration: 2h 13min
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Apple / iTunes Store
Duration: 2h 9min
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Also available at Amazon.de on: DVD Blu-ray

Awards & Nominations for Thirst

Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)

About Thirst

A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.

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Trailer for Thirst + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

THIRST Official Int'l Main Trailer(Trailer, 1:56)

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Additional Information

Plays in: South Korea
Based on the work of: Émile Zola ("Thérèse Raquin")
Original language: Korean (KO)
Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR), Korean (KO)
Translated into 24 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 10/15/2009 (World premiere: 04/30/2009)
Director: Park Chan-wook
Producer: Park Chan-wook
Screenwriter: Park Chan-wook
Film Editor: Kim Sang-bum
Director of Photography: Chung Chung-Hoon
Composer: Jo Yeong-wook
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Sede de Sangue"
"血色情慾"
"饥渴诱罪"
"Szomjúság"
"渇き"
"Bakjwi"
"Pragnienie"
"蝙蝠: 血色情欲"
Budget: 5,000,000 USD
Revenue: 13,085,023 USD (= 262%)

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Other movies with this title: Thirst (US, 1917), Thirst (SE, 1949), Thirst (SU, 1959), Thirst (YU, 1971), Thirst (AU, 1979), Thirst (US, 1998), Thirst (PS, 2004), Thirst (US, 2010), Thirst (AU, 2012), Thirst (RU, 2013), Thirst (BG, 2015), Thirst (EC, 2016), Thirst (ZA, 2018), Thirst (GB, 2018), Thirst (IS, 2019), Thirst (US, 2020), Thirst (ES, 2022), Thirst (2023)

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