Thirst

For those who are fans of Korean movies, acclaimed South Korean film director, Park Chan Wook, had scored another win at the recently held Cannes Film Festival.

This time his film, Thirst, was awarded the jury prize. He had previously won the Grand Jury Prize (Grand Prix) in the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for the movie, Old Boy, which was recently remade by Hollywood.

Thirst is a vampire flick and this is the film's promotional poster:

The film’s name in Korean is Bakjui or Bat which could explain the poster’s picture of a woman hanging upside down apparently like a bat.

Here is a synopsis of the film from the Korean Film Council:

Beloved and devoted priest from a small town volunteers for a medical experiment which fails and turns him into a vampire. Physical and psychological changes lead to his affair with a wife of his childhood friend who is repressed and tired of her mundane life. The one-time priest falls deeper in despair and depravity. As things turn for worse, he struggles to maintain what’s left of his humanity.

It stars top actor, Song Kang Ho, Kim Ok Vin, Shin Ha Kyun and Kim Hae Sook.

The movie was released on 30 April 2009 and here is the director and his cast at the press conference and VIP preview screening which was held in Seoul on 24 April 2009:


2nd from right is Director Park Chan Wook. The acting cast from left to right are Shin Ha Kyun, Kim Hae Sook, Kim Ok Vin and Song Kang Ho.

Here is the film's trailer:

Pretty awesome, don't you think?

I have to pass on this one though since I am such a scaredy-cat when it comes to horror movies.