The Spanish director returns to the big screen with a Christmas tragicomedy about a woman who is abandoned during the holidays. This starring a large cast: Barbara Lennie, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Milena Smit, Leonardo Sbaraglia, among others.
After directing “The next room”, his first English -speaking film, the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar returns to film in his native language. It’s about “Bitter Christmas”based on a story of “The Last Dream” (2023), his autobiography fragmented in twelve stories. It is a Christmas tragicomedia in which Barbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Victoria Luengo, Patrick Criado, Milena Smit and Quim Gutiérrez meet. With his movie number 24, the spirit of his first works is reborn: a large cast of women where drama and comedy cross.
The movie title refers to the song “Bitter Christmas” by singer Chavela VargasVoice that already appeared in other Almodóvar films, such as “Kika” (1993), “The flower of my secret” (1995), “Tremula” (1997) or “Julieta” (2016).
What is the new Almodóvar movie about
“Bitter Christmas” HE Centers in Elsa (Barbara Lennie), an advertising director who loses her mother during December. After his death, he flees from the duel and takes refuge at work. However, what is avoided does not disappear. A panic crisis forces her to stop and rest. While your partner stays in Madrid, Elsa decides to travel to the island of Lanzarote accompanied by her friend Patriciawho also needs to get away from the city.
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Almodóvar returns with its traditional values: the plot is not made up of a single story. In parallel, it appears Leonardo Sbaraglia, who intersects with these characters playing a screenwriter and film director. In addition, in the cast are the Spanish Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Milena Smit and Quim Gutiérrez, artists with whom the director has already worked. However, their roles in the film are still unknown.
The film has already begun in Madrid and Lanzarote, and it is planned to end in August. In 2026, not only “Bitter Christmas” will be released, but also the classic Almodóvar will also return: a Spanish tragicomedy with mostly feminine characters that intertwine with each other.
Source: Ambito
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