Bitter Melon (fim)

Bitter Melon, fim ne mai zaman kansa na Amurka mai ban dariya na 2018 wanda H.P. Mendoza ya rubuta kuma ya ba da umarni. An gabatar da shi a bikin fina-finai na Asiya na Amurka na San Francisco na 2018  kuma ABS-CBN ta fitar da shi a wasan kwaikwayo a ranar 7 ga Disamba, 2018 kuma a bidiyon gida ta Gravitas Ventures a ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 2019. Taken fim din yana nufin kayan lambu na wurare masu zafi tare da ɗanɗano ***Mai zaki*** da aka sani a Philippines kamar ampalaya.

Shirin ya dogara ne akan abubuwan da Mendoza ya samu game da cin zarafin jiki a cikin iyalinsa na nukiliya da kuma danginsa, wanda aka rubuta a shekarar 1997 a ƙarƙashin taken He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother bisa ga waƙar The Hollies . 

A ranar 11 ga watan Disamba, 2019, an kira Bitter Melon daya daga cikin "Fim 20 mafi kyawun Bay Area Movies of the Decade" ta hanyar The Mercury News  bayan an sanya shi a cikin jerin "Mafi kyawun 2018".

## Makirci
Fim din ya biyo bayan Declan yayin da ya koma garinsu na San Francisco don Kirsimeti kawai don ya fahimci cewa ɗan'uwansa na biyu, Troy, yana mulkin gidan da tsoro, yana cin zarafin matarsa, Shelly, da kuma cin zarafin mahaifiyarsa Prisa da 'yarsa Mina. Lokacin da ɗan'uwansa Moe ya isa don kammala taron Kirsimeti, bukukuwan sun fara ne yayin da dangi ya bayyana kuma babban Kirsimeti na Filipino zai iya farawa. Amma lokacin da dan uwan Tiva ya ba da tallafin tashin hankali na gida ga Shelly da aka janye, mai cin zarafin Troy ya gano kuma ya kai hari ga Shelly don Declan da Moe su sami lokacin da suka isa gida. Kashegari, Declan da Moe sun damu da gano cewa kowa da kowa a cikin gidan (Prisa, Shelly, Mina da Troy) duk suna aiki kamar babu abin da ya faru, koda kuwa Shelly yana kula da fuska mai rauni. Wannan ya sa Declan ya ba da shawara mai mahimmanci ga iyalin: kashe Troy.

## Masu ba da labari

## Jigogi
Mendoza ya ce rubutun Bitter Melon shine "wasan kwaikwayo ne kawai wanda bai wuce Gwajin Bechdel ba, kuma saboda dalili mai kyau. Fim ne game da yadda maza ke bi da mata. "  Waƙar sharhi a kan fitowar bidiyon gida tana da Mendoza yana bayanin cewa kowane tattaunawa mai ban mamaki a cikin fim ɗin yana bincika namiji daga kusurwoyi daban-daban; daga namiji mai guba a cikin gida, zuwa fahimtar namiji a cikin Al'ummar LGBT, zuwa makomar namiji a yayin da ya gabata. 

## Waƙoƙi
Wannan shi ne fim na farko da H.P. Mendoza ya jagoranta wanda ba shi da cikakkiyar nasara. Manufarsa ta asali ita ce ta sami "fim din da aka sauke" tare da sauti wanda ya kunshi kawai kiɗa mai lasisi tun yana yaro, yana haɗakar jarumai na gida kamar Carlos Santana tare da ƙungiyoyin R & B na 1960 kamar The Delfonics da kuma ainihin rikodin waƙoƙin gargajiya na Filipino na Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company. Amma mafi mahimmancin "ƙuƙwalwa" ga Mendoza shine amfani da waƙar "Ba Mai nauyi ba, Shi ɗan'uwana ne" ta The Hollies. Bayan yunkurin da mai kula da kiɗa Terri D'Ambrosio ya yi na rashin amfani don share haƙƙin ainihin waƙar, Mendoza ya rubuta lambar kiɗa nasa ("Wind Chime") don ƙarshen fim ɗin.[1]￼

Kodayake Mendoza bai iya share haƙƙin kowane ɗayan waƙoƙin Amurka ba, ya sami damar samun duk waƙoƙun gargajiya na Filipino. Sauran waƙoƙin an maye gurbinsu da sabon asali wanda Mendoza da Marco D'Ambrosio suka hada.

## Kudin kasafin kudi
Cinematografo ne ya fara tallafawa fim din, wani shiri da ABS-CBN ta kirkira don ba da $ 100,000 ga masu shirya fina-finai na Filipino-Amurka,  amma a lokacin samarwa, kamfanin samar da H.P. Mendoza, Ersatz Film, ya tara ƙarin $ 100,000, rabin daga cikinsu an tashe shi a kan Kickstarter inda aka nuna shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin Kickstarter's "Projects We Love". 

## Karɓar karɓa mai mahimmanci
A kan mai tarawa na Rotten Tomatoes, Bitter Melon yana da amincewar kashi 86% bisa ga sake dubawa bakwai. Mai sukar Dennis Harvey na Variety ya kira fim din "H.P. Mendoza mafi kyawun fasalin darektan har zuwa yau. "  Ben Kenigsberg na The New York Times ya kira fim ɗin "mai sha'awa" kuma "ya bambanta da shirye-shiryen [zuwa] zuwa wasu wurare masu tayar da hankali", amma ya soki ƙarshen don "ƙerawa" zuwa tsayawa a cikin na uku na ƙarshe yayin da haruffa ke magana da abubuwa, wanda zai iya taimakawa a rayuwa amma a cikin wasan kwaikwayo yana da bayyane yake aiki".[go][ing]

A cikin bita na 50/50 daga Film Threat, Norm Gidney ya ce, "Akwai al'amuran cikakkiyar haske da gaskiya, sannan al'amaloli masu banƙyama na melodrama na gaba",  yayin da Tim Sika na San Francisco Film Critics Circle ya kira fim din "wani babban fim" da "wani kyakkyawan fim game da dodanni da yadda aka yi su". 

## Kyaututtuka

* Mafi kyawun Labari - San Diego Asian Film Festival 2018 
* Kyakkyawan Kungiya - Bikin Fim na Tallgrass 

## Kafofin watsa labarai na gida
An samar da Bitter Melon a kan Special Edition Blu-ray da DVD da kuma a cikin Digital HD ta hanyar Gravitas Ventures a ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 2019. 

## Manazarta