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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 .
Jan 24, 2005 · The Motel: Directed by Michael Kang. With Jeffrey Chyau, Sung Kang, Jade Wu, Samantha Futerman. Thirteen-year-old Ernest Chin lives and works at a sleazy hourly-rate motel on a strip of desolate suburban bi-way.
- (1.4K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Michael Kang
- 2005-01-24
Rent The Motel on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video, Apple TV. A coming-of-age dramedy whose familiar outline is filled in with rewarding empathy and character detail, The Motel marks...
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- Jeffrey Chyau
- Michael Kang
- Comedy, Drama
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Jun 28, 2006 · 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 American man who has checked in. Sam teaches the fatherless boy all the rites of manhood.
- (16)
- Michael Kang
- Not Rated
The Motel from 2005 is a poignant and heartwarming coming-of-age story that revolves around the life of Ernest Chin, a 13-year-old Chinese-American boy who lives with his mother at a run-down motel. The film is directed by Michael Kang and stars Jeffrey Chyau, Sung Kang, and Jade Wu in lead roles.
The Motel. COMEDY. Puberty sucks, and nobody knows it better than 13-year-old Ernest. As he watches guests come and go, Ernest finds himself forever stuck at his family’s hourly-rate motel.
