The Debut (movie)
- User score: 6
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: Gene Cajayon
- Production companies: Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), National Asian American Telecommunications Association
- Genre: Drama
- Budget: $1,000,000
- Release date: 5/18/2000
- Run time: 88 min.
Movie description
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.
