You’re confusing fiction with reality.
Bitter Christmas
53Standing
52nd of 117 in Spanish Cinema
- Out-grossed 58% of Spanish Cinema releases with reported figures ($5M).
- Returned 0.4× its budget, against an industry median of 1.3×.
- Momentum in the 92nd percentile.
- Audience rating 6.2 from 149 votes, the 28th percentile.
- Cost
- $12M
- Took
- $5M
Flop0.4× its cost
Against a Spanish Cinema median of 1.3×, so this one returned 0.3 times what a typical release there does.
The money says flop. What do you say?
The picture
Elsa is an advertising director whose mother dies during a long December holiday. She works non-stop and, without realizing, doesn’t give herself time to mourn her mother’s absence. After a crisis, Elsa decides to travel to the island of Lanzarote accompanied by her friend Patricia, who also needs to get away from the city. The story of these characters runs parallel to that of a screenwriter and film director, exploring how life and fiction are inseparably linked, sometimes painfully so.
- Released
- 20 March 2026
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Language
- Spanish
- Industry
- Spanish Cinema
Top billedAll 20 credits
- Bárbara LennieElsa
- Leonardo SbaragliaRaúl Durán
- Aitana Sánchez-GijónMónica
- Victoria LuengoPatricia
- Patrick CriadoBonifacio (Beau)
- Milena SmitNatalia
Made by
- Director
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Writer
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Original Music Composer
- Alberto Iglesias
- Director of Photography
- Pau Esteve Birba
- Producer
- Agustín Almodóvar
Filed under
ComedyDrama