Bitter Christmas (2026)
3.4 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 51min
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- Synopsis:
After her mother dies, director of commercials Elsa (Bárbara Lennie) immerses herself in work to cope. When migraine forces her to take a break, she decides to travel to Lanzarote in the 2004 Constitution Day's long weekend with her friend Patricia (Victoria Luengo) while her boyfriend (stripper and fireman Bonifacio - Patrick Criado) stays in Madrid. To resume creative writing, she vampirises the personal miseries of her close friends. In a timeline set in 2025, the plot explores how filmmaker Raúl (Leonardo Sbaraglia) is writing a script which turns out to be the story of Elsa, Raúl's alter ego. Raúl is delving into autofiction to overcome a creativity block, and is influenced by his own life, his boyfriend Santi (Quim Gutiérrez) and his assistant Mónica (Aitana Sánchez-Gijón). - Actors:
- Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Vicky Luengo, Patrick Criado, Milena Smit, Quim Gutiérrez, Belén Riquelme, Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, Rossy de Palma, Carmen Machi, Lola Rodríguez, Álvaro Lafuente, Bibiana Fernández, Omar Ayuso, María Morales, Amaia Romero, Teo Lucadamo, Fernando Iglesias
- Directors:
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Producers:
- Agustín Almodóvar
- Writers:
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Aka:
- Amarga Navidad
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- Countries:
- Spain