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Bitter Christmas
MEANRANK
68/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 56, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 88. Critics average 78, everyone else 61.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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.
Details
- Director
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Writer
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Studio
- El Deseo
- Released
- 20 March 2026
- Country
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $11.7M
- Box office
- $6.1M
- Awards
- 1 win, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 2 →1 major award won · 1 win from 2 nominations across 1 ceremony
| Cannes Film Festival 2026 | Cannes Soundtrack Award | Alberto Iglesias | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2026 | Palme d'Or | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
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2 awards — Bitter Christmas
×| Cannes Soundtrack Award | Alberto Iglesias | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |