The Motel
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The Motel is a 2005 independent coming-of-age drama film that follows a 13-year-old boy living and working at his family's seedy roadside motel, featuring Sung Kang in a key supporting role.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Motel canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
coming-of-age film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ independent film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Humanitas Prize (Sundance Film Category)
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NHK International Filmmakers Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Waylaid
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novel by Ed Lin ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lance Acord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| director | Michael Kang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Palm Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Hsu Jen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresActor |
Chin Han
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Jade Wu NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeffrey Chyau NERFINISHED ⓘ Judy Ung NERFINISHED ⓘ Samantha Futerman NERFINISHED ⓘ Sung Kang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalScreening | Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDebutOf | Jeffrey Chyau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New York state NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age drama
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independent film ⓘ |
| hasSupportingRole | Sung Kang as Sam Kim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ernest Chin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Craig Wedren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Asian American adolescence ⓘ |
| notableFor | Asian American representation in independent cinema ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | Chinese American family ⓘ |
| producer | Gina Kwon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | KangKang Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | 13 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2005 ⓘ |
| releaseType | limited theatrical release ⓘ |
| reviewAggregator | Rotten Tomatoes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 75 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Michael Kang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
roadside motel
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suburban America ⓘ |
| theme |
family relationships
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identity ⓘ loneliness ⓘ sexual awakening ⓘ |
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