Country
Spain
Year
2026
Language
Spanish spoken, Dutch subtitles
Cast
Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Anita Sánchez-Gijón, Milena Smit, Patrick Criado, Quim Gutiérrez, Victoria Luengo, Rossy de Palma, Carmen Machi
Director
Pedro Almodóvar
Duration
112 min
Bitter Christmas is an intimate personal Spanish tragicomedy, written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, the acclaimed filmmaker behind titles like Madres paralelas, Dolor y Gloria and The Room Next Door.
She tries to suppress her grief by throwing herself completely into work, until migraines force her to stop working. She departs for Lanzarote with her friend Patricia, while her boyfriend Bonifacio stays behind in Madrid.
In parallel, we follow filmmaker Raúl (Leonardo Sbaraglia), a screenwriter who is putting Elsa's story on paper on a meta-level. The film thus plays with the idea of autofiction, a mix of autobiography and fiction, and explores how life and art intertwine.
9:10 PM - 11:12 PM
€ 13.00
Camera 2
