Film
Bitter Christmas
2026 · 1h 52m · Drama · Comedy
You’re confusing fiction with reality.
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Overview
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.
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
Belén Riquelme
Recepcionista de Urgencias
Crew
- Pedro AlmodóvarDirector · Writer
- Agustín AlmodóvarProducer
- Esther GarcíaExecutive Producer
- Pau Esteve BirbaDirector of Photography
- Alberto IglesiasOriginal Music Composer
- Teresa FontEditor
- Eva LeiraCasting
- Yolanda SerranoCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 20, 2026
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rated
- 16
- Budget
- $11,700,000
- Revenue
- $4,755,643
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
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