Original Title
The Debut
Status
Released
Production Companies
Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)National Asian American Telecommunications Association
Original Language
EN
Budget
$1,000,000
Revenue
-
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.
Director
Gene Cajayon
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English, Tagalog
