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The Debut (2000)
Directed by Gene Cajayon
“One night can change a lifetime.”
Drama · 1h 28m
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.
Cast
Dante Basco
Ernie Zarate
Gina Alajar
Bernadette Balagtas
Derek Basco
Joy Bisco
Crew
- Director
- Gene Cajayon
- Writer
- Gene Cajayon, John Manal Castro
- Director of Photography
- Hisham Abed
- Original Music Composer
- Wendall J. Yuponce
- Editor
- Kenn Kashima
Details
- Release date
- 2000-05-18
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Tagalog, English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), National Asian American Telecommunications Association
- Budget
- $1,000,000