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
Bárbara Lennie
Leonardo Sbaraglia
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Pedro Almodóvar
Agustín Almodóvar
Bitter Christmas"Bitter Christmas"

Showtimes

September 8, 1:00 pm

September 8, 8:00 pm

September 9, 12:45 pm

September 9, 6:10 pm

September 10, 3:15 pm

September 10, 6:00 pm

September 11, 5:50 pm

September 12, 3:15 pm

September 13, 12:50 pm

September 14, 12:45 pm

September 16, 3:15 pm

September 17, 12:50 pm

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