The Motel (2005)

Directed by

Michael Kang

Genre

teen film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A thirteen year old boy navigates family life at his mother's roadside motel. He deals with his crush on a Korean woman and his strained relationship with his father. The story follows his coming of age over one eventful summer.

wistfulawkwardgentleintrospectivewarmbittersweetunderstatedslice-of-life

What happens

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. It is loosely based on the novel Waylaid by Ed Lin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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