16 AUG 2017
#RecomendacionPurga: Thirst
THIRST (South Korea, Chan Wook Park, 2009)
By: Diego Vilchis (@silens_aeternum)
This is not the first time that Park Chan-Wook (Oldboy) has given us a film whose characters intertwine with tragedy and violence, and Thirst is no exception. This supernatural drama, which won the 2009 Jury Prize at Cannes, was originally titled The bat and represents Park's foray into the genre. The film preserves the essence of the Korean director, who introduces a vampire into a love triangle whose passionate consequences are inevitable and fatal: temptation, guilt, decadence, and disillusionment.
Park Chan-Wook gives us a story full of intense drama and, of course, a thirst for blood.
A must-see for fans of Eastern horror, priests with doubts, and, of course, vampires.
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