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Bitter Christmas

You’re confusing fiction with reality.

6.2/ 1020261h 51mR

DramaComedy

In 2004, advertising director Elsa Rosado faces a turbulent Christmas weekend. In 2026, filmmaker Raúl Durán turns her story into a screenplay, blurring the lines between reality, fiction, and those closest to him.

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Bárbara Lennie

Bárbara Lennie

Elsa Rosado

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Raúl Durán

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Mónica

Victoria Luengo

Victoria Luengo

Patricia

Patrick Criado

Patrick Criado

Bonifacio (Beau)

Milena Smit

Milena Smit

Natalia

Quim Gutiérrez

Quim Gutiérrez

Santi

Rossy de Palma

Rossy de Palma

Gabriela