Bitter Christmas
Director: Pedro Almodóvar Run Time: 111 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish
Starring: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Patrick Criado, Victoria Luengo
Synopsis: 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.
The film narrates the close relationship between reality and fiction, between inspiration and life, exploring the limits of autofiction and stories within stories.
Showtimes:
Friday, November 27, 2026: TBA
Saturday, November 28, 2026: TBA
Sunday, November 29, 2026: TBA
Monday, November 30, 2026: TBA
Tuesday, December 1, 2026: TBA
Wednesday, December 2 2026: TBA
Thursday, December 3, 2026: No showtimes
Ticket Prices: $13 Regular / $11 Students & Seniors / $9 Members
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PgPkSpuYpY