The Vourdalak (French with English Hardcoded Subs)

A Vourdalak is a sort of vampire that comes from a Slavic and Balkan folklore or tradition of horror tales. Since I am not very familiar with it, I will refrain myself from going to deep into it. The word Vourdalak probably comes from the word Werewolf or even Vampire. The first story in form of a literary work I know of is that of Alexander Pushkin's poem "Vurdalak". Also known by other spellings, including wurdulac, verdilak, or vurdulak.Russian writer Aleksei Tolstoy, 2nd cousin of Leo Tolstoy, wrote the novella the Vourdalak in 1839. This movie is a variation of the story. The poem by Pushkin I referred to before is this one:

Vampire

Poor Vanya was a cowardly fellow;

Once, in the dark of night,

Drenched in sweat, pale from fear,

He walked home across a cemetery.

Vanya, barely breathing,

Tripping, slowly moved ahead.

Over the graves; suddenly he heard

A growl as someone munched on a bone.

Vanya froze, afraid to move,

"O Lord", the poor fellow thought,

"Most certainly the bone

Is being chewed by a red-mouthed vampire.

O horror! I'm not a strong fellow,

And that bloodsucker will eat me up,

If I myself don't pray

And eat some dirt from a grave."

Well, instead of a vampire,

(Imagine Vanya's anger)

Before him, in the darkness,

A dog chewed a bone upon a grave.

Based on: The Family of the Vourdalak by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy.

Starring Kacey Mottet Klein

Ariane Labed

Grégoire Colin

Ariane Labed is a Greek-French actress and film director. She is known for her feature film debut in Attenberg, for which she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, and appearing in Helen Edmundson's film Mary Magdalene. She is married to film director Yorgos Lanthimos.

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