Mekong Hotel

Watching Mekong Hotel is like being on a train, where beautiful and dramatic scenes glide past the window. Mekong Hotel is a featurette which follows a young woman and man in the beginning of their relationship. They are also surrounded by supernatural elements in the shape of the woman’s deceased mother. The evening sun, the quiet dialogues, and the acoustic music together make a movie that is driven by mood rather than plot. Mekong Hotel was shot at the time of the heavy flooding in Thailand, and layers of politics and a drifting dream of the future is looming in the background. lac

Suitable for persons 15 years and older.

The Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul has won several prestigious prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2002, his Blissfully Yours (2002) won the top prize in Un Certain Regard, Tropical Malady (2004) was later awarded the jury prize, and Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) won the Palme d'Or in 2010.