The Motel

The Motel

75 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 1, 2005

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.

The Motel

75 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 1, 2005

The Motel
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers
Original title The Motel
Directors Michael Kang
Writers Ed Lin, Michael Kang

Cast

Jeffrey Chyau

as Ernest

Sung Kang

as Sam

Jade Wu

as Ahma Chin

Samantha Futerman

as Christine

Alexis Chang

as Katie (as Alexis Kapp Chang)

Stephen Chen

as Gung Gung

Clint Jordan

as Walter

Ron Domingo

as Hank

Jackie Nova

as Shakira

Jake Holbrook

as Toby

Ian Boyd

as Jimmy

Glen Brackenridge

as Cheap Ass Naked Man