A teenage boy looking after a sex motel near Veracruz develops a crush on a woman neglected by her lover in Aaron Fernandez’s infectiously engrossing sophomore feature, “The Empty Hours.” Sparsely ...

In this highly erotic tale, a man takes over running his uncle's seedy motel, and encounters a woman who normally meets her lover there. Over time, the two form their own seductive connection.

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At the risk of overextending a writing-workshop maxim, great cinema often proves that the tale is in the telling. The primacy of visuals necessitates that how a story is told weighs more heavily on ...