Film
Bitter Christmas
Date:
Friday, September 25, 2026 to
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Price:
£ 5.00 -
£ 8.80
Bitter Christmas 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.
Director:
Pedro Almondovar
Language:
Spanish
Year:
2026
BBFC Insight:
15