Film

The Debut

Name: The Debut
Genre: Drama
Released: 2000-05-18

2000 · 1h 28m · Drama

One night can change a lifetime.

IMDb: 6.5
Rotten Tomatoes: 71%
Metacritic: 60

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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.