Bitter Christmas
Bitter Christmas

Bitter Christmas

6.2/ 10

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159

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2026

Release Year

111 min

Runtime

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

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

September 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…

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