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Synopsis
In a small town in Thailand, a troop of soldiers have a strange case of sleeping sickness. An old school becomes their hospital. Jenjira, a middle-aged Thai lady, volunteers to tend the soldiers, taking special interest in Itt. She also befriends a clairvoyant girl, Keng. Jenjira meets two phantoms who tell her about a buried cemetery of kings. Even though he is only awake a few hours per day, Itt makes her heart flutter. Jenjira takes Itt to the town lake. Like a dream, a large unidentified creature has washed ashore. Itt falls asleep at the park pavilion. There, Jenjira encounters Keng who offers to speak Itt’s thoughts. The girl leads her through the labyrinth of a cemetery that exists in another dimension. The dead animal is cut open. Its belly is full of marigold flowers in various stages of decay. In a small town in Thailand, a troop of soldiers have contracted a strange case of sleeping sickness. Jenjira, a middle-aged Thai lady, volunteers to tend to them in a makeshift hospital set up at the school. She takes special interest in Itt, one of the affected soldiers. Throughout her rounds, she also befriends a clairvoyant girl named Keng. Although Itt is only awake for a few hours a day, he manages to make Jenjira's heart flutter. She takes him to the lake where, like in a dream, a large unidentified creature has washed ashore. Itt falls asleep at the park pavilion. There, Jenjira encounters Keng, who offers to speak Itt's thoughts. She leads Jenjira through a labyrinthian cemetery of kings that exists in another dimension. The dead animal is cut open. Its belly is full of marigolds in various stages of decay.

Director’s Note
My parents are doctors. I grew up in hospital housing. The school and my home were full of memorable illnesses. For Love in Khon Kaen, I imagine rooms where people do nothing but sleep. Yet they are somewhere in their own dimension. Lately, I have noticed that I started to sleep more. I have produced many movies in dreams. This film as a rumination on Thailand, a feverish nation. Like the sleepers, I shun the malady of reality, and together we take refuge in dreams of forever.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Festival de Cannes 2015
Un certain regard
BFI London Film Festival 2015
Poznan Ale Kino! International Children's Film Festival