The Motel (2005)
1h 15m
Running Time
January 24, 2005Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Jeffrey Chyau
Ernest
Sung Kang
Sam
Jade Wu
Ahma Chin
Samantha Futerman
Christine
Alexis Chang
Katie
Alexis Chang
Katie
Stephen Chen
Gung Gung
Stephen Chen
Gung Gung
Conor J. White
Roy
Jackson Budinger
Jess
Clint Jordan
Walter
Ron Domingo
Hank
Eleanor Hutchins
Gina
Jackie Nova
Shakira
Michael Kang
Director
Jake Holbrook
Toby
Ed Lin
Writer
Ian Boyd
Jimmy
Glen Brackenridge
Cheap Ass Naked Man
Miguel Arteta
Producer
Cheryl Campbell
Naked Woman
Karin Chien
Producer
Matthew Greenfield
Producer
Gina Kwon
Producer
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The Motel is a 2005 American comedy drama film written and directed by Michael Kang in his feature debut. The film won the Humanitas Prize in the Independent Feature Film category, and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.
It is loosely based on the novel Waylaid by Ed Lin.