Bitter Christmas

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Cast: Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Victoria Luengo, Patrick Criado, Milena Smit, Quim Gutiérrez

Raúl is a cult filmmaker in the midst of a creative crisis.
When tragedy strikes one of his closest collaborators, he draws inspiration from it to write his next film. Little by little, he imagines Elsa, a filmmaker in the midst of writing a script, whose journey begins to mirror his own.
The two filmmakers become two sides of the same character, in a game of mirrors where the raw honesty of autofiction reveals as much as it destroys. But how far can one go to tell a story?

Awards: Cannes 2026 in Competition