DIR: PEDRO ALMODÓVAR
SPAIN | COMEDY/DRAMA | 2026 | 111 mins | Cert: 15A (IFCO) / 15 (BBFC)
Filmmaker Raúl is working on his latest film, Bitter Christmas. The script focuses on his alter ego Elsa. Working through panic attacks and writer’s block, Elsa finds creative inspiration in the lives of those around her - though some friends are uncomfortable with the personal nature of her work. Elsa’s story, however, is being dictated by Raúl’s real-life emotional and relationship crises…
“There’s much fun to be had here: in its ripe and lively performances, in its characteristically splashy paintbox visual design, and in its twin-tracked, heavily metatextual narrative of artists following their bliss, sometimes to toxic effect.” - Guy Lodge, Variety
