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The Motel

20051h 15m6.3/ 10 · TMDB · 15 votes
DramaComedy

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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Directed by Michael Kang

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

Jeffrey Chyau

Ernest

Sung Kang
Sung Kang

Sam

Jade Wu
Jade Wu

Ahma Chin

Samantha Futerman
Samantha Futerman

Christine

Alexis Chang

Katie

Stephen Chen

Gung Gung

Conor J. White

Roy

Jackson Budinger

Jess

Clint Jordan

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Last checked 9 Oct 2026.

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Film details

Released24 Jan 2005
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
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