The Debut (2000)

FilipinoAmerican 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 sonwho has won a premed scholarship to UCLAwill become a doctor The eighteenth birthday party of Bens sister Rose sets off a comedic and touching series of events and family struggles that will in turn determine young Bens future This fresh independent production from Gene Cajayon presents a lighthearted and warm comingofage tale filtered through the eyes of an American subculture rarely seen on film