This film is a character contrast of four individuals who stay at a Hollywood $40 a night hotel in 2004. This film has won 3 international awards. The hotel has a common living and kitchen area so the guests intermingle. They include:
Takashi (Will Yun Lee) is a Japanese mobster who got jilted by a woman. He crashed his car into a wall and was in a coma for 4 years. He is trying to forget his past.
Blake (Eric Mabius) is the hotel manager who was also unlucky at love.
Julio (Fernando Noriega) is an illegal who works in a restaurant. He sends all his money back home to his wife and child.
Guy (Luke Brandon Field) is British. Julio got him a job, which he messed up. Guy's dad sends him money from time to time to survive.
The characters are not particularly honest, but at the same time do not generate any evil persona. The film contrasts characters such as Julio who needs a green card and Guy who buys one as a souvenir. It also contrast young and old. At what time do we stop living for today and dwell on the past...or is there magic air that reborns us? This is at times, a slow moving indie without much plot. Not for everyone. Good acting. Decent script.
Occasional f-bomb, sex, brief nudity
Takashi (Will Yun Lee) is a Japanese mobster who got jilted by a woman. He crashed his car into a wall and was in a coma for 4 years. He is trying to forget his past.
Blake (Eric Mabius) is the hotel manager who was also unlucky at love.
Julio (Fernando Noriega) is an illegal who works in a restaurant. He sends all his money back home to his wife and child.
Guy (Luke Brandon Field) is British. Julio got him a job, which he messed up. Guy's dad sends him money from time to time to survive.
The characters are not particularly honest, but at the same time do not generate any evil persona. The film contrasts characters such as Julio who needs a green card and Guy who buys one as a souvenir. It also contrast young and old. At what time do we stop living for today and dwell on the past...or is there magic air that reborns us? This is at times, a slow moving indie without much plot. Not for everyone. Good acting. Decent script.
Occasional f-bomb, sex, brief nudity