Movie
Bitter Christmas
You’re confusing fiction with reality.
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.
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Checked Jul 23, 2026
Bitter Christmas was released March 20, 2026. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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.
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Cast
Bárbara LennieElsa
Leonardo SbaragliaRaúl Durán
Aitana Sánchez-GijónMónica
Victoria LuengoPatricia
Patrick CriadoBonifacio (Beau)
Milena SmitNatalia
Quim GutiérrezSanti
Rossy de PalmaGabrielaCredits
- Directed by
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Written by
- Pedro Almodóvar
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Spanish
- Original title
- Amarga Navidad
- Budget
- $11.7M
- Box office
- $4.8M
Production
El DeseoSpain