Name: Bitter Christmas
Start: 2026-09-06T10:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-09-06T12:51:00.000Z
Location: Nova Cinema | Screen 2

Certificate: 15
Running Time: 111 minutes
Genre: Comedy, Drama

Bitter Christmas follows a celebrated film director in 2025 Spain as she grapples with writer's block while attempting to create an autofictional screenplay set in 2004. The story revolves around an unsuccessful movie director who transitions to directing commercials and experiences a panic attack, prompting her to retreat to the Canary Islands, where she seeks inspiration for her new film.

Director: Pedro Almod&#243;var

Starring: B&#225;rbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana S&#225;nchez-Gij&#243;n, Victoria Luengo, Patrick Criado

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1.3 For online tickets our contract for the purchase of ticket(s) is formed as soon as We have processed your payment and sent you a confirmation email. In all other cases, our contract is formed as soon as we have processed your payment. Your contract will expire immediately after the relevant screening for which you purchased ticket(s). However, any purchases are subject to payment card verification and other security checks and Your transaction may be cancelled if it has not passed Our verification processes.

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