One night can change a lifetime.
Original title
The Debut
Released
5/18/2000
Origin country
US
Genre
Drama
Production companies
Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), National Asian American Telecommunications Association
Budget
$1,000,000.00
Revenue
—
Runtime
1hr 28min
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.
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