Bitter Christmas (15)
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- Corn Exchange Cinema
- Full Price £7.80 - £9.80 /
- Concessions £6.30 - £8.30 /
- Special Screenings £6.30 (including booking fees)
In 2004, an ad director faces a turbulent Christmas weekend.
In 2026, a filmmaker turns her story into a screenplay, blurring the lines between reality, fiction, and the people closest to him.
Raúl 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, 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?
Please note: This film is in Spanish, screenings will be Subtitled in English
The screening on Thursday 10 September will be a Cinema Club screening.
Running Time: 111 mins
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Milena Smit, Victoria Luengo, Quim Gutiérrez, Patrick Criado, Rossy de Palma
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