
Mekong Hotel
Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Produced by Illuminations Films, Kick the Machine
A deliberately ambiguous, slow-paced meditation on cinema, family, and the blurred boundary between performance and reality, set in a liminal riverside space.
Shifting between fact and fiction in a hotel situated along the Mekong River, a filmmaker rehearses a movie expressing the bonds between a vampire-like mother and daughter.
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Genres
Questions people ask
Is Mekong Hotel sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Does Mekong Hotel end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is Mekong Hotel violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Is Mekong Hotel scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Mekong Hotel easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
You have seen this shape before.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Mekong Hotel
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Mekong Hotel
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Mekong Hotel, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Mekong Hotel, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Mekong Hotel, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.




















































