Drama ·Comedy · United States of America · 2005 · 1h 15m

The Motel

Director

Cast

Jeffrey Chyau as Ernest Sung Kang as Sam Jade Wu as Ahma Chin Samantha Futerman as Christine Alexis Chang as Katie Stephen Chen as Gung Gung

Crew

Lisa Leone — Director of Photography Colleen Sharp — Editor David Leonard — Editor Nathan Larson — Original Music Composer Michael Kang — Writer Ed Lin — Novel

Tagline

Out of Place in the Middle of Nowhere.

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Michael Kang Director Lisa Leone Director of Photography Colleen Sharp Editor David Leonard Editor Nathan Larson Original Music Composer Michael Kang Writer Ed Lin Novel Miguel Arteta Producer Karin Chien Producer Matthew Greenfield Producer Gina Kwon Producer Ernesto Solo Production Design

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