

Bitter Christmas
Drama
Comedy
Overview
During a long December holiday weekend, a woman, whose mother has recently died, throws herself into work as a form of escape. Her relentless pace is interrupted when a panic attack forces her to take a break.
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Keywords
madrid, spain
dark comedy
grief
lgbt
screenwriting
christmas
panic attack
2000s
gay theme
parallel stories
tragicomedy
filmmaker
gay director
2020s
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6.0avg rating

CinemaSerf
@Geronimo1967September 12, 2026
6
6/10
Split across two distinct timelines, this really quite messy and often almost incoherent drama tells us the story of the migraine-prone "Elsa" (Bárbara Lennie) as she recovers from the death of her mother - after a lingering illness - in 2004. She heads to the calm of the black-sanded Lanzarote to r…














































