Bitter Christmas (15)

Directed by Pedro Almodovar, starring Barbara Lennie & Leonardo Sbaraglia

Duration: 115 minutes
Age Rating: 15

Tickets:

Adults £12, Under 16s £6

Grief, memory and creativity intertwine in Bitter Christmas, the latest film from Pedro Almodóvar. As one woman struggles with devastating loss, a filmmaker searches for inspiration, blurring the boundaries between art and life in this moving, witty and emotionally rich drama.

From acclaimed filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar comes Bitter Christmas, a richly layered tragicomedy exploring grief, memory and the price of artistic creation. As commercial director Elsa struggles to come to terms with the death of her mother, an acclaimed filmmaker wrestles with creative block while searching for a story worthy of his next film. Their seemingly separate journeys begin to echo one another, blurring the boundaries between lived experience and fiction. But as inspiration grows, so too does the question of how far an artist can go in using the lives of others. Witty, visually sumptuous and profoundly humane, this is Almodóvar at his most emotionally rich.

In Spanish with English subtitles.