Completed - THAI - unknown - 57 minutes
Shifting between fact and fiction in a hotel situated along the Mekong River, a filmmaker rehearses “Ecstasy Garden“, a film expressing the bonds between a vampire-like mother and daughter... A mesmerising cinematic essay from the director of UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (Palm D'Or).
Year of production : 2012 Director(s) : Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL Writer(s) : Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL Producer(s) : Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL (Kick The Machine Films), Simon FIELD (Illuminations Films), Keith Griffiths GRIFFITHS (Illuminations Films)
Mekong Hotel is a portrait of a hotel near the Mekong River in the north-east of Thailand. The river there marks the border between Thailand and Laos. In the bedrooms and terraces, Apichatpong held a rehearsal with his crew for a movie that he wrote years ago called Ecstasy Garden. The film shuffles different realms, fact and fiction, expressing the bonds between a vampire-like mother and her daughter, the young lovers and the river. Mekong Hotel - since it was shot at the time of the heavy flooding in Thailand - also weaves in layers of demolition, politics, and a drifting dream of the future.
Country(ies) : THAILAND, UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE
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