Bitter Christmas

<div><i>Bitter Christmas</i> tells two alternating stories, one starring Elsa, an advertising director, in 2004, during a long weekend in December. The second takes place in 2026 and stars Raúl, a screenwriter and director who is writing a script that we soon discover is the story of Elsa, her boyfriend Bonifacio, and her friends Patricia and Natalia. Mixed with fiction, Elsa is, in a way, Raúl's alter ego, who, like him, resorts to autofiction as a solution to a long period of creative drought. He looks inside himself, and he can't help but also look at the people who make up his most intimate universe: his partner and his assistant.</div><div><br></div><div>The film narrates the close relationship between reality and fiction, between inspiration and life, exploring the limits of autofiction and stories within stories. In this regard, lauded director&nbsp;Pedro Almodóvar notes <i>Bitter Christmas</i>&nbsp;as "the film where [he's] been cruelest with [him]self". Critics have been much kinder to him though - the film won the Cannes Soundtrack Award when it premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2026 edition of the festival.</div>DramaPT1H51M152026-08-28ESes
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Milena Smit
Carmen Machi
Bárbara Lennie
Rossy de Palma and Leonardo Sbaraglia.
Pedro Almodóvar
Agustín Almodóvar
Bitter Christmas"Bitter Christmas"

Showtimes

August 28, 1:00 pm

August 28, 3:30 pm

August 28, 6:00 pm

August 28, 8:15 pm

August 29, 1:00 pm

August 29, 3:30 pm

August 29, 6:00 pm

August 29, 8:30 pm

August 30, 12:30 pm

August 30, 3:00 pm

August 30, 4:30 pm

August 30, 7:00 pm

August 31, 3:30 pm

August 31, 6:00 pm

August 31, 8:30 pm

September 1, 1:00 pm

September 1, 3:30 pm

September 1, 6:00 pm

September 1, 8:30 pm

September 3, 1:00 pm

September 3, 3:30 pm

September 3, 6:00 pm

September 3, 8:30 pm

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