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Mekong Hotel

OT: Mekong Hotel

Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand 2012

Feature | 57 min | FF2012

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Synopse

A hotel on the banks of the Mekong River that separates Thailand from Laos. Its bedrooms and terraces are the setting for little stories, told as slowly and gently as the river flows. The starting point is a film project by Apichatpong Weerasethakul himself about the "Pob spirits", man-eating beings from the local mythology. Intending to make this film, the director returns to the places of his youth with a small group of actors. Mekong Hotel is, however, neither a "making of" film, nor a formal story in the classical sense. It is an artistically constructed miniature about remembering and reality, life and death – and how these worlds slowly intermingle.

Info

Original Title: Mekong Hotel

International Title: Mekong Hotel

Category: Feature

Section: Asia Express

Version & Subtitles: Thai OV

Director & Screenplay: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Cast/Protagonists: Jenjira Pongpas, Maiyatan Techaparn, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Chai Bhatana, Chatchai Suban

Production country: Thailand

Year of Production: 2012

Length: 57 min

Producer: Keith Griffiths, Simon Field

Production company: Illuminations Films


Cinematography: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Editor: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Music: Chai Bhatana

World Sales: Thania Dimitrakopoulou, The Match Factory GmbH