Mekong Hotel Page #2

Synopsis: Shifting between fact and fiction in a hotel situated along the Mekong River, a film-maker rehearses a movie expressing the bonds between a vampiric mother and daughter.
Genre: Drama
Production: Illuminations Films
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
Year:
2012
61 min
Website
169 Views


we have been indoctrinated.

Your boyfriend.

the guy

you chat with?

What if the airport is closed?

- Will he come here?

- Yes.

He'll stay here.

- Here ?

- We'll stay together.

Will you get married?

I don't know.

We've are together at the moment.

- What's his name?

- Frank.

- Frank. Is he German?

- No.

He's Thai.

Oh no! He's American.

He speaks German.

He's been in the army in Germany

for two years.

With all these floods...

- Yesterday I called the owner ...

- The owner.

I asked him

when your sister

can leave.

He said the shop

remains open...

Until it'll be flooded.

Until light and

electricity will be cut off?

They announced several days

of vacation starting from tomorrow.

Really ?

- Today is the 26th.

- From the 26th to the 30th.

It's tomorrow, until the 31st.

She said:

"Who will look after my dogs?"

Buses don't accept

dogs.

She's also adopted a cat

at work.

She feeds it.

She said:
"I set aside

some instant noodles"

What if there's a power cut?

It'll happen sooner or later.

A lot off people

have uploaded their photos online.

I told her to save

her salary

to come up here by bus.

She'd better come here,

since we cannot predict

the water level.

Her boyfriend

cannot come.

No, the bank

is still open.

Banks

are not allowed to close.

Who is allowed to leave ?

The bank decides.

The Prime Minister

announced the vacations.

But it'll depends on the companies,

if they decide whether or not to close.

They should close.

Some people

should stay in their place.

Senior officers

can leave, they said.

The whole city of Bangkok will be flooded.

The flood control system

will be destroyed here and there.

How many bags of sand

did they ask for?

A million.

Where will they find them?

A million ?

There is nothing to look at.

What about the news ?

What brand is it ?

You're not good at it.

- Where is it ?

- Bangplad.

Where do you live ?

Far away. There won't be any flood there.

Don't you take it for granted.

Water doesn't pay any attention.

Does someone listen to it?

Beware, children,

water will enter

into your mouth.

How will you manage ?

Water will penetrate

your wounds.

I won't venture out.

The Phon's apartment

is located on the mezzanine floor.

First, a boat

cost 2500 bahts.

Then the price went up to 7000,

and now, it's 10 000 bahts.

15 000 bahts in Banguathorg.

- Really ?

- Yes, according to the news.

At the beginning, the government launched

the "bamboo boats" project.

People criticized it:

"Is this all they

come up with? "

Where do we go find the bamboo?

Eventually, manufacturing them

costs 500 bahts, they are the cheapest ones.

But where is the bamboo ?

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Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Apichatpong "Joe" Weerasethakul (born July 16, 1970) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. His feature films include Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, winner of the prestigious 2010 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or prize; Tropical Malady, which won a jury prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival; Blissfully Yours, which won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard program at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival; Syndromes and a Century, which premiered at the 63rd Venice Film Festival and was the first Thai film to be entered in competition there; and Cemetery of Splendour, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim. Weerasethakul has received numerous additional accolades, including the 2016 Principal Prince Claus Award. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system, Weerasethakul has directed several features and dozens of short films. Themes reflected in his films (frequently discussed in interviews) include dreams, nature, sexuality (including his own homosexuality), and Western perceptions of Thailand and Asia, and his films display a preference for unconventional narrative structures (like placing titles/credits at the middle of a film) and for working with non-actors. Cinephiles affectionately refer to him as "Joe" (a nickname that he, like many with similarly long Thai names, has adopted out of convenience). more…

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