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The Motel

"Out of Place in the Middle of Nowhere."

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.

Top Cast

  • Jeffrey Chyau

    Jeffrey Chyau

    Ernest

  • Sung Kang

    Sung Kang

    Sam

  • Jade Wu

    Jade Wu

    Ahma Chin

  • Samantha Futerman

    Samantha Futerman

    Christine

  • Alexis Chang

    Alexis Chang

    Katie

  • Stephen Chen

    Stephen Chen

    Gung Gung

  • Conor J. White

    Conor J. White

    Roy

  • Jackson Budinger

    Jackson Budinger

    Jess

  • Clint Jordan

    Clint Jordan

    Walter

Overview

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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