Español
Sang-hyun es un sacerdote que pasa parte de su tiempo acompañando a los
pacientes de un pequeño hospital de su ciudad. Aunque es respetado por
su fe inquebrantable y su dedicación por aquellos que lo rodean, sufre
el desconsuelo que le provoca la duda y la desesperación de la vida en
un mundo que parece ahogarse en el sufrimiento y la muerte. Con el claro
deseo de salvar vidas, participa en un proyecto para encontrar una
vacuna para un virus letal.
Esta misión le conducirá a África donde queda infectado de una
enfermedad mortal. Sin embargo, se recupera casi milagrosamente. La
gente, convencida de sus poderes de curación, comienzan a peregrinar
para conocerlo. Entre los visitantes se encuentra Kangwoo, un amigo de
la infancia. Invitado por éste a su casa, Sang-hyun acepta y allí conoce
a Tae-ju, la esposa de Kangwoo. Pero esa noche, Sang-hyun tiene una
recaída. Entre vómitos de sange, Sang-hyun fallece.
A la mañana siguiente recobra la vida convertido en vampiro: se siente
reconfortado por una nueva vitalidad pero huye de la luz y siente
rechazo por sí cuando se descubre chupando la sangre a un paciente del
hospital.
Français
Un jeune prêtre suit une expérience médicale et se porte volontaire pour
tester un vaccin susceptible d'éradiquer une maladie qui sévit en
Afrique. L'expérience est un fiasco, et le prêtre décède. Une
transfusion sanguine d'origine inconnue le ramène à la vie, mais cette expérience le transforme progressivement en
vampire. Rentré en
Corée,
sa résurrection attire les pèlerins. Parmi eux, il recroise la femme
d'un ami d'enfance, aux charmes de laquelle il ne pourra résister.
English
Sang-hyun is a Catholic priest who volunteers at the hospital,
providing ministry to the patients. He is well respected for his
unwavering faith and dedicated service, but he secretly suffers from
overwhelming feelings of doubt and sadness. Sang-hyun volunteers to
participate in an experiment to find a vaccine for the deadly Emmanuel
Virus (EV). Although the experiment fails disastrously and Sang-hyun is
infected with the seemingly fatal disease, he makes a complete and rapid
recovery after receiving a blood transfusion.
News of his marvelous recovery quickly spreads among the devout
parishioners of Sang-hyun’s congregation, and they begin to believe that
he has a miraculous gift for healing. Soon, thousands more people flock
to Sang-Hyun’s services. Among the new churchgoers are Kang-woo,
Sang-hyun’s childhood friend, and his family. Kang-woo invites his old
friend to join the weekly mahjong night at his house, and there,
Sang-hyun finds himself attracted to Kang-woo’s wife, Tae-ju. Suddenly,
Sang-hyun relapses into his illness; he coughs up blood and passes out.
The next day, he wakes in dire need of shelter from the sunlight, having
become a
vampire.
At first, Sang-hyun feels a new-found vigor and is energized by his
insistent bodily desires, but soon he is aghast to find himself drinking
blood from a comatose patient in the hospital. After attempting to kill
himself, Sang-hyun finds himself irresistibly drawn to the taste of
human blood. To make matters worse, the symptoms of EV return and only
seem to go away when he has drunk blood. Desperately trying to avoid
committing a murder, Sang-hyun resorts to stealing blood transfusion
packs from the hospital. Tae-ju, who lives with her ill husband and
overprotective mother-in-law, Lady Ra, leads a dreary life. She is drawn
to Sang-hyun and his odd new physicality, including his inability to
resist his desires. The two begin an affair, but when Tae-ju discovers
the truth about Sang-hyun’s new lifestyle, she retreats in fear. When
Sang-hyun pleads with her to run away with him, she turns him down,
suggesting that they kill her husband instead.
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When Sang-hyun's superior at the monastery requests some vampire
blood so that his eyes may heal and he may see the world before dying,
Sang-hyun flees his position at the monastery. He moves into Lady Ra's
house so that he may secretly be with Tae-ju. Sang-hyun notices bruises
on Tae-ju and assumes her husband is the cause, a suspicion she
sheepishly confirms. Sang-hyun decides to kill Kang-woo during a fishing
trip with the couple. He pulls Kang-woo into the water and claims that
he placed the body inside a cabinet in a house at the bottom of the
lake, putting a rock on the body to keep it from floating to the
surface.
A police investigation ensues. Sang-hyun claims that Kang-woo became
drunk, fell out of the boat, and drowned on his own. Lady Ra drinks
herself into shock after her son's death, sinking into a completely
paralyzed state.
In the meantime, Sang-hyun and Tae-ju are haunted by terrifying visions
of Kang-woo's drowned and bloated corpse suddenly appearing in their
bed, in a cabinet in the basement, and between the two of them during
sex. In one incredibly disturbing scene, Tae-ju is tormented by Kang-woo
appearing directly above her and making a repeated stabbing motion with
sewing scissors, each time stopping the sharp tips just short of her
lips, until she cannot bear the vision anymore and hides under a bed
sheet- only to have Kang-woo reappear under the sheets. When Tae-ju lets
it slip that Kang-woo never abused her, Sang-hyun is enraged because he
only killed Kang-woo to protect Tae-ju. Teary-eyed, Tae-ju asks
Sang-hyun to kill her and let her return to her husband. He obliges by
snapping her neck, but after feeding on her blood, he decides he does
not want to be alone forever and feeds her corpse some of his own blood.
She awakens as a vampire. Lady Ra, knocked to the floor by a seizure,
witnesses everything.
Tae-ju quickly shows herself to be a remorseless monster, killing
indiscriminately to feed, while Sang-hyun acts more conservatively, not
killing unless he has to. Their conflicting ethics result in a chase
across the rooftops and a short battle. Some time later, Lady Ra manages
to communicate to Kang-woo's friends, through blinking and scratching
characters into the table with the one finger she is capable of moving,
that Sang-hyun and Tae-ju killed her son. Tae-ju quickly disposes of two
of the friends, and Sang-hyun appears to eliminate the third.
Realizing the gravity of the situation, Sang-hyun tells Tae-ju that
they must flee or be caught and found guilty of multiple murders. Before
leaving with her, he makes a visit to the camp of worshipers who
consider him the miracle EV survivor. He
rapes a girl, leading the campers to chase him away with rocks and sticks, no longer idolizing him.
Sang-hyun then places Lady Ra in his car, and with Tae-ju, drives
into the night. Back at the house, the third friend (apparently not
killed by Sang-hyun) gets up and escapes. Upon waking up from a nap in
the car, Tae-ju realizes that Sang-hyun has driven to a desolate field
with no cover from the imminent dawn. Sang-hyun snaps the key off in the
ignition and throws it into the ocean. Realizing his plan to have them
both burn when dawn breaks, Tae-ju tries to hide in the trunk, an
attempt that is foiled when Sang-hyun rips the trunk lid off and throws
it, also, into the ocean. She then attempts to hide under the car, but
Sang-hyun pushes it off her. Resigning herself to her fate, she joins
him on the hood of the car, and both are burnt to ash by the sun, all as
Lady Ra watches from the back seat of the car.
Italiano
Sang-hyun è un prete molto amato nella sua comunità. Contro il parere dei suoi superiori parte per l'
Africa per un esperimento con un
vaccino che serve a combattere una malattia ad alto
tasso di mortalità. L'esperimento però fallisce e rientrato in
Corea il prete comincia a subire una serie di trasformazioni fisiche e psicologiche finché si trasforma in un
vampiro.
Жажда
Католический священник Хён Санхён (Сон Канхо)
работает в больнице. После долгих размышлений он решает отправиться в
Африку и принять участие в опытах по изучению смертельно опасного
«вируса Эммануэля». Чудесным образом он оказывается единственным
выжившим подопытным и возвращается в Корею. Однако болезнь возвращается
снова, и единственным средством нейтрализовать ее симптомы оказывается
человеческая кровь. Священник понимает: в Африке ему случайно была
перелита вампирская кровь, и это позволило побороть вирус. Впрочем, теперь ему приходится сдерживать новые инстинкты, зовущие его к кровопролитию.
Sang-hyun
is a priest who cherishes life; so much so, that he selflessly
volunteers for a secret vaccine development project meant to eradicate a
deadly virus. But the virus takes the priest, and a blood transfusion
is urgently ordered up for him. The blood he receives is infected, so
Sang-hyun lives – but now
exists as a vampire. Struggling with his newfound carnal desire for
blood, Sang-hyun’s faith is further strained when a childhood friend’s
wife, Tae-ju, comes to him asking for his help in escaping her life.
Sang-hyun soon plunges into a world of sensual pleasures, finding
himself on intimate terms with the Seven Deadly Sins.
