“I cannot concentrate. I can only write what’s in front of me.” Sony Pictures Classics has revealed their full official US trailer for the film Bitter Christmas, the latest Pedro Almodóvar film, finally out in theaters this fall. It already debtued in Spain back in March to mixed reviews. Then it premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival also to mixed reviews. Not really the an exciting new Almodovar flick. During a long December holiday weekend, a woman, whose mother died recently, throws herself into more work as a form of escape. Her relentless pace is interrupted when a panic attack forces her to take a break. She travels to Lanzarote with her friend Patricia while her partner stays in Madrid. In 2026, a filmmaker turns her story into a script, blurring the lines between reality, fiction, and people closest to him. Starring Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Victoria Luengo (also in The Beloved), Patrick Criado, Milena Smit, Quim Gutiérrez, Rossy de Palma, Carmen Machi, & Gloria Muñoz. We already featured the original Spanish trailer for this earlier in the year. It’s a meta story about Almodovar writing his scripts and it gets a bit strange. If you’re interested, give it a look before it arrives in US cinemas starting in November.
Here’s the final official US trailer for Pedro Almodovar’s film Bitter Christmas, from SPC’s YouTube:
You can watch the first teaser for Almodovar’s Amarga Navidad film right here + the full Spanish trailer.
After her mother dies in December, advertising director Elsa (Bárbara Lennie) immerses herself in work to cope. When a panic attack forces her to take a break, she decides to travel to Lanzarote with her friend Patricia while her partner Bonifacio stays in Madrid. Amarga Navidad, also known as Bitter Christmas, is written and directed by beloved Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, director of many films including Dark Habits, Matador, Law of Desire, Tie Me Up Tie Me Down, High Heels, All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Bad Education, Volver, Broken Embraces, The Skin I Live In, I’m So Excited, Julieta, Pain & Glory, The Human Voice, Parallel Mothers, the short film Strange Way of Life, and The Room Next Door most recently. Produced by Agustín Almodóvar. Made by El Deseo. WB released Almodóvar’s Amarga Navidad in Spanish cinemas in March earlier this year and also played at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. Sony Pictures Classic finally releases Almodovar’s Bitter Christmas film in select US theaters on November 13th, 2026.
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