The Debut
(2000)

One night can change a lifetime.

Released: 2000-05-18

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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.

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Curtis Choy

Production Sound Mixer

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Michael Rizzo

Production Design

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Hisham Abed

Director of Photography

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Wendall J. Yuponce

Original Music Composer

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