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. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival**. Nominated for the New Vision Award at **CPH:DOX**. *"Deceptively simple film becomes a strange, meditative look into Thai culture and folklore." - Eric Monder, **Film Journal International***