May 18, 2000
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The Debut (2000)

Name: The Debut
Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Released: 2000-05-18

1h 28m

Running Time

May 18, 2000
Release Date

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Plot.

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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Details.

Release Date
May 18, 2000

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 28m

Content Rating
R

Budget
$1,000,000

Genres
Documentary Comedy Drama

Last updated: 2024-08-21

Wiki.

The Debut is a 2000 American independent drama film directed and co-written by first-time Filipino American filmmaker Gene Cajayon. It is the first Filipino American film to be released theatrically nationwide, starting in March 2001 in the San Francisco Bay Area and ending in November 2002 in New York City.

It is also one of the first feature films to take place within the Filipino American community, one of the largest Asian ethnic minorities in America. The title of the film refers to the traditional coming-of-age ceremony accompanying a young woman’s 18th birthday in Filipino culture.

The film grossed a very respectful $1.745 million in limited theatrical release in the United States.