The Hunger

The Hunger

1983 · 97 min · EN · R · 6.7 (689 votes)
Dir. Tony Scott · Starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff DeYoung, Beth Ehlers, Dan Hedaya · Music Michel Rubini

“Nothing human loves forever.”

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Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.

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A lush, melancholic descent into eternal longing. It feels like a decadent, gothic dream, exploring the devastating cost of immortality and the desperate search for life. The atmosphere is thick with dread and yearning.

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