Set in a tired and, for all intents and purposes, bleak motel Garrett Detrixhe’s The Girl at the Motor Hotel follows a young woman dealing with what appears to be the biggest decision of her life. Yet under the surface, the other choice she has made pierces her everyday life with painful realities and hot flash reminders of what she has been through. It’s a desperately precarious existence which is only amplified by the selfish acts of those who surround her. Choice lies at the very heart of Detrixhe’s short which he was always inspired to delve into from an individual rather than political level, something which particularly resonates following the deeply disturbing overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US. The Girl at the Motor Hotel shines a pinpointed light on the gravity and privilege inherent in such a ruling. Ahead of the film’s premiere...
- 11/15/2022
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
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