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Bitter Christmas: Full Cast & Crew In Theaters Nov 13 Drama/Comedy/Holiday
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. R Released: Nov 13, 2026 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Pedro Almodóvar Director, Screenwriter Bárbara Lennie Elsa Actor Leonardo Sbaraglia Raúl Rossetti Actor Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Mónica Actor Victoria Luengo Patricia Actor Patrick Criado Bonifacio Actor Milena Smit Natalia Actor Quim Gutiérrez Santi Actor Belén Riquelme Recepcionista de Urgencias Actor Agustín Almodóvar Producer Esther García Executive Producer Pau Esteve Birba Cinematographer Teresa Font Film Editing Alberto Iglesias Original Music Antxón Gómez Production Design Isabel Peinado Art Director Paco Delgado Costume Design Eva Leira Casting Yolanda Serrano Casting
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