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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.
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Awards
- 2005 - Humanitas Prize - Sundance Film Category - winner
- 2005 - Producers Award - - winner
- 2007 - Independent Spirit Award - Best First Feature - nominated
- 2005 - Jury Award - Best Narrative Feature - winner
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