🎬 Entertainment May 21, 2026 · Rory Doherty

Pedro Almodóvar regifts his own pithy, self-critical autofiction in Bitter Christmas

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Pedro Almodóvar regifts his own pithy, self-critical autofiction in Bitter Christmas
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How do you respond when a filmmaker announces to the audience that his latest film is a minor work? In the case of Pedro Almodóvar’s Bitter Christmas, this self-critique comes late in the game through the dramatic avatars of a very Almodóvar-styled director, Raúl (Leonardo Sbaraglia) and his no-bullshit agent Mónica (Aitana Sánchez-Gijón), who are locked in a fierce debate about whether Raúl has total freedom to crib the painful experiences of his close circle, or if he’s just bring

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