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The Motel (2005)
United StatesNR75Min
6.6 ( 1K Votes )
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88 %A 13-year-old Chinese-American boy named Ernest lives with his estranged mother at a run-down motel. He befriends a Korean-American boy named Sam and develops a crush on a sex worker named Christine. Ernest also tries to learn to drive from the motel owner, who becomes a father figure to him. As Ernest navigates the awkwardness of adolescence, he participates in a writing contest and deals with issues of race, friendship, and family.
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- coming of age
- motel
- asian american
- crush
- father figure
- puberty
- teenage boy sexual awakening
- chinese american
- korean american
- sex worker
- 13 year old boy
- mother son relationship
- male female relationship
- writing contest
- boy driving a car
- learning to drive
- racism
- independent film
- adult child friendship
- awkwardness
- based on novel
- troubled man
- 13 year old
- absent father
- friendship between men
- bully
- estranged wife
- liar
- little sister
- grandpa
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