Bitter Melon is a 2018 English-language Comedy Crime movie written and directed by H.p. Mendoza and produced by Mark Del Lima, Brian Benson and Michael Oberst. BITTER MELON is the third feature film from filmmaker H.P. Mendoza (Colma: The Musical, Fruit Fly, I Am a Ghost). It is the story of a Filipino-American family who reunites for a Christmas party at the family home in San Francisco only to find out that Troy, the second oldest child, has been ruling the house with fear-intimidating everyone who lives there-including his mother, and even physically abusing his wife. What starts as a fun holiday reunion turns into a darkly humorous crime scene as Declan, the youngest son, leads the family as they conspire on how to best murder the violent and abusive Troy. Bitter melon stars Jon Norman Schneider in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Patrick Epino, Josephine De Jesus, L.a. Renigen, Theresa Navarro, Brian Rivera and Anna Ishida. The music was composed by H.p. Mendoza along with Marco D'ambrosio. Cinematography was done by Juli Lopez and editing by H.P. Mendoza. The motion picture has a running time of 95 minutes. It was released on 7th December 2018 in English and Ilocano languages. Bitter Melon was made on a budget of $0 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Gravitas Ventures.