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Bitter Melon
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The movie tells the story of a Filipino-American family gathering a Christmas party at the San Francisco family home. Over time, the family discovers that Troy's son was controlling the entire family with fear that frightens everyone who lives there, including his mother, and even physically abuses his wife. In the end, that journey seems to take a dark turn when they conspire to kill an abusive ruler.
The movie tells the story of a Filipino-American family gathering a Christmas party at the San Francisco family home. Over time, the family discovers that Troy's son was controlling the entire family with fear that frightens everyone who lives there, including his mother, and even physically abuses his wife. In the end, that journey seems to take a dark turn when they conspire to kill an abusive ruler.
Actors:
Corey Jackson,
Vint Carmona,
Josephine de Jesus,
L.A. Renigen,
Priscilla Mendoza,
Kyle Casey Chu,
Christian Cagigal,
Anna Ishida,
Ryan Morales,
Jonathan Enerva,
Safiya Fredericks,
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Corey Jackson
Vint Carmona
Josephine de Jesus
L.A. Renigen
March 18, 1979 in San Francisco, California, USA
Priscilla Mendoza
Kyle Casey Chu
Christian Cagigal
Anna Ishida
Ryan Morales
Jonathan Enerva
Safiya Fredericks
Director:
H.P. Mendoza
Country:
United States
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September 17, 2018
There are scenes of utter brilliance and honesty, then clunky scenes of melodrama the next. The plot that exemplifies why we love independent cinema. We are off the rails where anything could happen and the story is at once cliché and bracingly original.
November 03, 2018
Only a brilliant and gifted director can manage to make grueling topics like domestic abuse mesh well with dry humor and dramedy.
December 04, 2018
An intriguing and absorbing independent film...
May 18, 2018
Domestic violence and black comedy don't seem a natural match, but to an impressive degree "Bitter Melon" pulls off their shotgun marriage.
October 19, 2018
Mendoza adroitly sneaks in other messages, such as thoughtful discussions of both racism and effeminacy in the gay community. The cast is uniformly strong with Schneider particularly appealing as Declan, the perhaps-not-so-moral center of the family.
December 06, 2018
The movie grinds to a halt in its final third as the characters talk things out, which might be helpful in life but in drama tends to belabor the obvious, as well as offer an easy exit.