The Hunger

The Hunger

1983 · 97 min · EN · R · 6.7 (492 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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Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life, but John, her companion for centuries, suddenly discovers that he is getting old minute by minute, so he looks for Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging, and asks her for help.

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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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new york citybased on novel or bookimmortalitygay interestpremature agingresearch laboratoryanimal research