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Pedro Almodóvar’s Next Film ‘Bitter Christmas’ Unveiled by Movistar Plus+
Pedro Almodóvar's 'Amarga Navidad' debuts in 2026, exploring grief and fiction, with a stellar cast, produced by El Deseo and Movistar Plus+.
The acclaimed Spanish director’s new project, currently filming between Madrid and Lanzarote, is a production of Pedro and his brother Agustín Almodóvar’s El Deseo with the collaboration of Movistar Plus+. “Amarga Navidad” boasts a stellar and predictably women-driven cast including European Film Award nominee Bárbara Lennie (“Petra”), Leonardo Sbaraglia (“Pain and Glory”), Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (“Parallel Mothers”), Victoria Luengo (“The Room Next Door”), Patrick Criado (“Riot Police”), Milena Smit (“Parallel Mothers”) and Quim Gutiérrez (“Darkbluealmostblack”). An official synopsis for the film, translated from Spanish, reads: “Elsa is an advertising director whose mother dies during a long December holiday weekend.
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