The Motel
Out of Place in the Middle of Nowhere.
Thirteen-year-old Ernest Chin lives and works at a sleazy hourly-rate motel on a strip of desolate suburban bi-way. Misunderstood by his family and blindly careening into puberty, Ernest befriends Sam Kim, a self-destructive yet charismatic Korean man who has checked in. Sam teaches the fatherless boy all the rites of manhood.
Directed by Michael Kang · Written by Michael Kang
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Cast
- Jeffrey Chyau Ernest
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Sung Kang Sam -
Jade Wu Ahma Chin -
Samantha Futerman Christine - Alexis Chang Katie
- Stephen Chen Gung Gung
- Conor J. White Roy
- Jackson Budinger Jess
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Clint Jordan Walter -
Eleanor Hutchins Gina -
Ron Domingo Hank -
Jackie Nova Shakira
Make it a double feature
2h 41m together
The Motel
Manuelita
A close match in mood and era.
