Bitter Christmas (2026)
Original title: Amarga Navidad
Bitter Christmas is a 2026 Spanish-language drama movie directed by Pedro Almodóvar, with a running time of 1h 52m. It stars Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón.
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 as Elsa
- Leonardo Sbaraglia as Raúl Durán
- Aitana Sánchez-Gijón as Mónica
- Victoria Luengo as Patricia
- Patrick Criado as Bonifacio (Beau)
- Milena Smit as Natalia
- Quim Gutiérrez as Santi
- Rossy de Palma as Gabriela
- Carmen Machi as Médica
- Diogo Belizario as Cliente de la terraza
- Tusti de las Heras as Angelita
- Gloria Muñoz as Madre de Elsa