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Bitter Christmas (15)

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Two middle aged people walk through the street

Pedro Almodóvar is back with his unique brand of storytelling, setting the stage for the tale of a filmmaker who is a little too heavily inspired by the real lives of those around him. 

Raúl (Leonardo Sbaraglia) 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 (Bárbara Lennie), 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?

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Film information
  • Release year   2026
  • Country of origin   Spain
  • Director   Pedro Almodóvar
  • Runtime   1hr 51mins

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Location
Barbican Cinema 1 is located within the main Barbican building on Level -2. Head to Level G and walk towards the Lakeside Terrace where you’ll find stairs and lifts to take you down to the venue floor.   

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
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