Motel

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Title

Motel

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In a motel on the edge of town, two strangers share a nightcap. At first motelier Jane (Sheena Irving) is a wary audience to her wisecracking guest Jack (Greg Smith), but soon a level of intimacy develops. Writer/director Lauren Porteous said the motel's location — alongside a roaring state highway — became "another character" in her film. Motel marked the first time Porteous went behind the camera. It won Best Screenplay at 2017's Show Me Shorts Film Festival. The same year, Porteous became ...

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Video

Date created

2017

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/motel-2017

Related subjects

rural / motel / guest / loneliness / night / moon / huntly / state highway one / huntly power station / waikato river / pool / whiskey / housekeeping / romance / dreams / dancing / music / trucks / headlights / vacancy / cigarette / rural new zealand / north end motel / night-time / billiards

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