Bitter Christmas

Elsa, a successful advertising director, loses her mother during a long December holiday. Unable to stop, she throws herself into work as a form of escape, denying herself the time needed to grieve. Her frenetic pace is abruptly interrupted when she suffers a panic attack, forcing her to pause. In that moment of fragility, Bonifacio, her partner, becomes her main support.

Determined to take a step back, Elsa travels to Lanzarote with her friend Patricia, who is also going through a moment of emotional exhaustion. While both try to find some calm away from Madrid, Bonifacio remains in the city, facing his own process of waiting and loneliness.

The story of these three characters intertwines with that of Raúl Durán, a screenwriter and film director working on a new project. His narrative introduces a metacinematic layer, where fiction and reality contaminate and reflect each other.

'Biiter Christmas', the latest picture from the aclaimed and Oscar winner director Pedro Almodovar, explores how affections, losses, and art merge inextricably. Through a fragmented and ensemble narrative, the film shows how personal bonds and artistic creation nourish — and sometimes hurt — each other, especially during times marked by memory and absence.