Bitter Christmas

You’re confusing fiction with reality.

In 2025 Spain, a celebrated film director struggles to write the screenplay for an autofictional film set in 2004 Spain about an unsuccessful movie director turned director of commercials who suffers a panic attack that forces her to take a break by visiting the Canary Islands, where she begins work on a new film.

Cast

Bárbara Lennie

Elsa

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Raúl Durán

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Mónica

Victoria Luengo

Patricia

Patrick Criado

Bonifacio (Beau)

Milena Smit

Natalia

Quim Gutiérrez

Santi

Rossy de Palma

Gabriela

Carmen Machi

Médica

Diogo Belizario

Cliente de la terraza

Tusti de las Heras

Angelita

Gloria Muñoz

Madre de Elsa