Uncle Boonmee is dying. Afflicted with kidney failure, he journeys back to his remote farm with his disabled sister-in-law, Jen, and young relative Tong. One night, the three outsiders are having dinner when Boonmee’s dead wife and disappeared son materialize to fill the empty seats. Boonmee’s wife Huay is a spirit who delivers messages from the grave like “Heaven is overrated. There’s nothing there.” She is only slightly more reassuring a presence than Boonsong, Boonmee’s son who is now a “monkey ghost,” all Bigfoot-like with flaring red eyes.