Brimming with humor, dreams, and tenderness, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s ravishing film unfurls as if in a trance. With his signature slow-cinema style, the celebrated filmmaker infuses Thai spiritualism into the quotidian, rendering visits to a small-town hospital a magnificent, eerie experience.

Two years after his Palme d’Or win for Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Apichatpong Weerasethakul returned with this haunting docu-fiction hybrid. Reposeful in its liminal tranquility, Mekong Hotel is a poignant, folkloric reflection on memory, loss, and spiritual transcendence.