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The Motel (2005)

2005-01-01 · 1h 15m · EN
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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.

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Michael KangWriterMichael KangDirector, Writer

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Jeffrey ChyauJeffrey ChyauErnestSung KangSung KangSamJade WuJade WuAhma ChinSamantha FutermanSamantha FutermanChristineAlexis ChangAlexis ChangKatie (as Alexis Kapp Chang)Stephen ChenStephen ChenGung GungConor J. WhiteConor J. WhiteRoyJackson BudingerJackson BudingerJessClint JordanClint JordanWalterEleanor HutchinsEleanor HutchinsGinaRon DomingoRon DomingoHankJackie NovaJackie NovaShakira

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Genre affinityComedy · DramaDialogue densityComedy · DramaPacingShortDirector preference814471Actor preference156005 · 260614 · 166407Country preferenceUs

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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.

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The Motel has a runtime of 75 minutes.

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