Bitter Christmas
“You’re confusing fiction with reality.”
2026•1h 52m•6.4•Released
DramaComedy
In 2025 Spain, a celebrated film director struggles to write the screenplay for an autofictional film set in 2004 Spain about an unsuccessful movie director turned director of commercials who suffers a panic attack that forces her to take a break by visiting the Canary Islands, where she begins work on a new film.
Director
Pedro Almodóvar
Writer
Pedro Almodóvar
Budget
$12M
Revenue
$5M
Languages
Spanish
Studio
El Deseo
Cast
Bárbara Lennie
Elsa
Leonardo Sbaraglia
Raúl Durán
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Mónica
Victoria Luengo
Patricia
Patrick Criado
Bonifacio (Beau)
Milena Smit
Natalia
Quim Gutiérrez
Santi
Rossy de Palma
Gabriela
Carmen Machi
Médica
Diogo Belizario
Cliente de la terraza
Tusti de las Heras
Angelita
Gloria Muñoz
Madre de Elsa
Antonio Romero
Médico
María Morales
Doctora Patricia Otero
Amaia Romero
Ella misma
Production
Company
El Deseo
Producer
Agustín Almodóvar
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