Ploy

Ploy

Year: 2007

Runtime: 105 mins

Language: Thai

Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Drama

Every relationship carries an expiration date, a notion tested when a married couple find themselves trapped together in a single hotel room with a woman named Ploy. As the night unfolds, quiet doubts turn to jealousy, and Ploy’s presence sets off a chain of devastating consequences for the pair.

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1

Arrival in Bangkok and hotel check-in

Wit and Dang arrive at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport around 5 a.m. and head to a hotel to rest after the long journey. The death in the family forces them to return to Thailand for the first time in years, stirring anxiety and unsettled emotions. Dang, exhausted by jet lag, hopes for sleep while Wit remains restless.

5:00 a.m. Suvarnabhumi Airport / Bangkok hotel
2

Wit meets Ploy at the hotel bar

In the hotel bar, Wit meets Ploy, a young woman waiting for her mother to arrive from Stockholm. They bond over coffee and cigarettes, and Wit invites Ploy to come up to the hotel room so she can rest while she waits. The encounter introduces a potential romantic temptation that runs alongside the main marital tension.

early morning Hotel bar, Bangkok
3

Dang encounters Ploy in Wit and Dang's room

Up in the room, Dang opens the door to find Ploy there. To Ploy, the meeting is friendly; to Dang, it sparks jealousy and fear of infidelity. The moment underscores the fragility of Wit and Dang's seven-year marriage.

Hotel room
4

Dang's suspicion and nightmares

Dang's distrust grows, and she experiences episodes of suspicion followed by nightmares and potential hallucinations. The couple tosses in bed, hashing over why love has dulled and whether they can rekindle it.

Hotel room
5

Maid theft and the bartender’s illicit bond

Meanwhile, hotel maid Tum steals a guest's suit and takes it to room 609. Nut, the weary bartender, puts on the suit and meets Tum in the shower, where they begin a secret, escalating affair. The subplot introduces a dark parallel to the main couple's tensions.

Hotel room 609
6

Wit and Ploy discuss love; Ploy reveals a dream

Dang leaves the room in a fit of disquiet, and Wit wakes to find her gone. He and Ploy sit and smoke, discussing love and the drift of marriage. Ploy reveals that she had a dream about the maid and the bartender, hinting that the earlier events may have been a dream.

Hotel room
7

Ploy exits and inspects the dream room

Ploy leaves Wit and Dang's room and examines the room she dreamed about, trying to connect the dream world to reality. The sequence reinforces the film's blurred lines between what is real and what is imagined.

Hotel room
8

Dang confronts Moo; drink is spiked

Dang finds a cafe where Moo recognizes her from her days as a soap actress and offers to take her home for more drinks. After she accepts, Moo spikes her final drink and assaults her, despite her efforts to resist. The scene escalates into a harrowing confrontation.

Coffee shop and Moo's home
9

The game of hide and seek and the death

In the struggle that follows, the two contend in a dangerous game of hide and seek that ends with one person dead. The film deliberately frames the event as potentially a dream, leaving the boundary between dream and reality unclear for the viewer.

Moo's home
10

Funeral scene and dream revelation

The narrative shifts to Wit and Dang at a funeral, prompting the audience to reassess what happened. The scene implies that the earlier hostile sequence may have been a dream that Wit imagined, casting the preceding events in a new, uncertain light.

Bangkok funeral
11

Leaving Thailand and reconciling in silence

Wit and Dang prepare to leave Bangkok, with Dang choosing not to discuss the traumatic encounter. Wit reaches for reassurance, placing his hand over Dang's and declaring his love as they travel toward home.

Bangkok taxi and airport
12

Return to the United States

The film closes as Wit and Dang depart for the United States, carrying the memory of Bangkok and the fragile promise of renewed connection. Dang rests her head on Wit's shoulder, and they share a quiet moment before boarding the flight.

Airport / on board

Last Updated: October 09, 2025 at 15:10

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