The Debut
2000 · 88 min · DramaR
One night can change a lifetime.
Filipino-American high school student Ben 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.
- Director
- Gene Cajayon
- Writers
- Gene Cajayon, John Manal Castro
- Released
- May 18, 2000
- Language
- English
Cast
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