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.

• DirectorGene Cajayon
• Release18 May 2000
• GenreDrama
• Duration1h 28m
• Budget$1,000,000
• Revenue?
• Rate
  

  5.4
  7 reviews
• Productions

  Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), National Asian American Telecommunications Association