The Debut (2000)

One night can change a lifetime.

Run Time: 1h28m | Release: 18 May 2000

Genres: Drama |

Budget: $1,000,000.00

Production Countries: United States of America

6 / 106 Vote Count

Overview:

Filipino-American high school student Ben (Dante Basco) works in a comic book shop to earn money to pay his way into Cal Arts. His father, a postman, is determined that his son--who has won a pre-med scholarship to UCLA--will become a doctor. The eighteenth birthday party of Ben's sister, Rose, sets off a comedic and touching series of events and family struggles that will in turn determine young Ben's future. This fresh independent production from Gene Cajayon presents a lighthearted and warm coming-of-age tale filtered through the eyes of an American subculture rarely seen on film.