The Debut

Original title: The Debut

Release date: Thursday, 18th May 2000

Adult: No

Genres: Drama

Duration: 1h 28min
Popularity: 1.112
Rate: 6 / 6 votes
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.