"One night can change a lifetime."18 May 2000Drama88 mins
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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Ben is a talented high-school senior who dreams of going to art school. His strict immigrant father wants him to accept a scholarship to medical school.
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Coming-of-age comedy with Filipino-American cast. A young man struggles with his desire to study art when his family thinks he's headed for pre-med studies.
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Coming-of-age comedy with Filipino-American cast. A young man struggles with his desire to study art when his family thinks he's headed for pre-med studies.
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