Bitter Christmas
Original title: Amarga Navidad
“You’re confusing fiction with reality.”
2026 · 1 h 51 min
Cast
Bárbara Lennie 
Leonardo Sbaraglia 
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón 
Victoria Luengo Patrick Criado 
Milena Smit
Credits
Written by: 
Pedro Almodóvar
Plot
In 2004, an advertising director faces a turbulent Christmas weekend, and in 2026 a filmmaker mirrors her story.
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Ratings
IMDb: 6.3 / 10 (5,481 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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