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Pedro Almodóvar Announces New Movie 'Bitter Christmas'
- Pedro Almodóvar began shooting his new Spanish-language film Bitter Christmas on June 10, 2025, in Madrid and Lanzarote.
- The film follows advertising director Elsa coping with her mother's death during a long December holiday, leading to a panic attack and a trip to Lanzarote.
- Bitter Christmas features a strong cast including Bárbara Lennie as Elsa, with production by El Deseo and Movistar Plus+, and will premiere in Spain in 2026.
- Almodóvar described the film as a portrayal of the complex and often difficult relationship between reality and storytelling, highlighting its profound thematic exploration.
- The film's release by Warner Bros Spain and subsequent streaming on Movistar Plus+ marks Almodóvar's latest major project following his 2024 Golden Lion-winning The Room Next Door.
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Filming begins on the La Mancha filmmaker's 24th feature film. The legendary production company of brothers Agustín and Pedro Almodóvar, El Deseo, has announced the start of filming for their new film. Few details have been revealed about the project, aside from the synopsis and the main cast. Bitter Christmas will star Bárbara Lennie, Victoria Luengo, and Patrick Criado, who will be joined by Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Milena Smi…
Pedro Almodóvar, the most internationally renowned Spanish filmmaker, began to shoot his new feature film Amarga Navidad, his return to Spanish after his film in English La habitación de la sijo, announced on Monday his producer El Deseo.The twenty-fourth feature film by the 75-year-old Manchego filmmaker will be filmed between Madrid and the island of Lanzarote, in the Atlantic archipelago of the Canary Islands, and its premiere in cinemas will…
This Tuesday it was announced that the filming of the new film by Pedro Almodóvar, the 24th feature film in his career, entitled Amarga Navidad, is already underway. Beyond the official synopsis and its distribution, there is still not much information about this drama that Almodóvar will film during July and August. It was announced that its protagonists are the Spanish Barbara Lennie, Victoria Luengo and Patrick Criado. From El Deseo, the prod…
He has begun filming for the new film by Pedro Almodóvar, which bears the sober name Amarga Navidad, a reference to the song performed by the Mexican woman, Chavela Vargas. This new film brings back the Spanish filmmaker to his familiar tragicomedia –after his first feature film in English (The next room)–, returning to Almodovan themes such as the representation of a complex female figure or maternal mourning. So far, not many details have been…
Barbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Victoria Luengo, Patrick Criado, Milena Smit, and Quim Gutiérrez star in the new Manchego film ...
Pedro Almodóvar begins filming 'Amarga Navidad', a film starring Barbara Lennie and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, who explores duel and fiction in a Canarian and Madrid context
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