Cinema Experience

Bitter Christmas

"You’re confusing fiction with reality."

★ 6.3 2026 112 min
DramaComedy

After her mother dies in December, advertising director Elsa 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. The story of these women run parallel to that of a screenwriter and film director, exploring how life and fiction are inseparably linked, sometimes painfully so.

Cast

Bárbara Lennie
Bárbara Lennie
 Leonardo Sbaraglia
Leonardo Sbaraglia
 Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
 Victoria Luengo
Victoria Luengo
 Patrick Criado
Patrick Criado
 Milena Smit
Milena Smit
 Quim Gutiérrez
Quim Gutiérrez
 Rossy de Palma
Rossy de Palma

Where to Watch

Showing at 58 cinemas

Today
Tomorrow
Thu, 03 Sep
Fri, 04 Sep
Sat, 05 Sep
Act One Cinema act_one_cinema 🚇 Acton Town
11:20 19:20
Addlestone the_light
09:20 17:15
Aldgate Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Aldgate East, Aldgate
15:00 19:40
BFI Southbank bfi 🚇 Waterloo, Temple
13:15 17:00 19:45
Barbican Cinema barbican 🚇 Barbican, Moorgate
17:15 19:40
Barnet Everyman Cinemas 🚇 High Barnet
13:45 17:30
Belsize Park Everyman Cinemas 🚇 Belsize Park
10:00 19:30
Bloomsbury Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Russell Square, King's Cross St. Pancras
12:10 14:40 17:10 19:40
Camden Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Camden Town, Chalk Farm
12:00 14:30 17:00 19:30
Castle Cinema Hackney castle_cinema
10:00 12:30 15:00 19:45
Chiswick Cinema chiswick_cinema 🚇 Turnham Green
16:45
Cinema de Lux Bluewater Showcase Cinemas
11:10
Ciné Lumière cine_lumiere 🚇 South Kensington, Gloucester Road
17:00 19:20
Clapham Picturehouse 🚇 Clapham Common, Clapham North
13:40 17:00
Crouch End Picturehouse
13:30 16:05
Ealing Picturehouse 🚇 Ealing Broadway
11:00 16:30
East Dulwich Picturehouse
11:40 16:20
Epsom Picturehouse
13:00 16:40 18:45
Finsbury Park Picturehouse 🚇 Finsbury Park, Arsenal
11:30 14:15 16:50 19:30
Forest Cinema pdj_cinemas 🚇 Walthamstow Central
13:50 15:40 19:10
Greenwich Picturehouse 🚇 Cutty Sark, Greenwich
11:40 19:20
Hackney Picturehouse
14:10 16:40 19:20
Holloway Odeon Cinemas 🚇 Holloway Road
14:20 19:50
Hoxton Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Old Street
12:40 17:40
Kingston Curzon Cinemas
13:50 19:50
Kingston Odeon Cinemas
14:20 17:00
London - Islington (Angel Central) Vue Cinemas 🚇 Angel
13:30 16:00
London - Westfield (Shepherd's Bush) Vue Cinemas 🚇 Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush
14:10 17:10
London - Westfield Stratford Vue Cinemas 🚇 Stratford, Maryland
11:15 17:15
Mayfair Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Green Park, Hyde Park Corner
14:00 20:00
Muswell Hill Everyman Cinemas
13:15 17:30
Nova Cinema nova_cinema
16:00 19:00
Phoenix Cinema phoenix_cinema 🚇 East Finchley
16:30
Picturehouse Central Picturehouse 🚇 Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square
11:45 16:25
Richmond Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Richmond
11:30 16:45
Ritzy Picturehouse 🚇 Brixton
09:30 11:20 14:15 19:20
Riverside Studios riverside_studios 🚇 Hammersmith
12:00 14:30 17:00 19:30
Soho Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus
11:20 14:00 16:40 19:20
Sutton omniplex
13:10 15:50 18:30
The Cinema at Campus West campus_west
13:45 19:00
The Garden Cinema garden_cinema 🚇 Holborn, Covent Garden
14:00 16:45
The Gate Picturehouse 🚇 Notting Hill Gate, Holland Park
14:00
The Lexi Cinema lexi_cinema 🚇 Kensal Green
17:20 19:45
Victoria Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Victoria, Pimlico
11:45 14:15 16:45 19:30
West Norwood Picturehouse
19:30
Wimbledon Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Wimbledon
11:00 17:00
Act One Cinema act_one_cinema 🚇 Acton Town
14:00 19:10
Addlestone the_light
12:10 17:20
Aldgate Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Aldgate East, Aldgate
14:20 19:40
BFI Southbank bfi 🚇 Waterloo, Temple
13:15 17:00 19:45
Barbican Cinema barbican 🚇 Barbican, Moorgate
17:10 19:40
Barnet Everyman Cinemas 🚇 High Barnet
12:45 17:00
Belsize Park Everyman Cinemas 🚇 Belsize Park
10:00 16:30
Bloomsbury Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Russell Square, King's Cross St. Pancras
12:10 14:40 17:10 19:40
Camden Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Camden Town, Chalk Farm
12:00 14:30 17:00 19:30
Castle Cinema Hackney castle_cinema
10:00 12:45 15:00 20:00
Chiswick Cinema chiswick_cinema 🚇 Turnham Green
13:00 16:00
Cinema de Lux Bluewater Showcase Cinemas
09:50 14:40
Ciné Lumière cine_lumiere 🚇 South Kensington, Gloucester Road
16:30 19:30
Clapham Picturehouse 🚇 Clapham Common, Clapham North
11:30 16:30
Crouch End Picturehouse
16:05
Ealing Picturehouse 🚇 Ealing Broadway
11:10 16:50
East Dulwich Picturehouse
11:00 16:30
Epsom Picturehouse
11:30 13:30 16:10
Finsbury Park Picturehouse 🚇 Finsbury Park, Arsenal
11:40 14:20 17:00 19:40
Forest Cinema pdj_cinemas 🚇 Walthamstow Central
14:00 16:35 19:10
Greenwich Picturehouse 🚇 Cutty Sark, Greenwich
09:50 16:45
Hackney Picturehouse
13:20 17:20 19:10
Holloway Odeon Cinemas 🚇 Holloway Road
12:20 19:50
Hoxton Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Old Street
12:40 17:40
Kingston Odeon Cinemas
13:40 16:20
Kingston Curzon Cinemas
13:50 17:00
London - Islington (Angel Central) Vue Cinemas 🚇 Angel
12:30 17:00
London - Westfield (Shepherd's Bush) Vue Cinemas 🚇 Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush
12:20 19:15
London - Westfield Stratford Vue Cinemas 🚇 Stratford, Maryland
08:05 10:35 16:20
Mayfair Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Green Park, Hyde Park Corner
10:40 16:40
Muswell Hill Everyman Cinemas
13:30 17:30
Nova Cinema nova_cinema
16:00 19:00
Phoenix Cinema phoenix_cinema 🚇 East Finchley
19:00
Picturehouse Central Picturehouse 🚇 Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square
13:45 16:50
Richmond Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Richmond
10:45 16:30
Ritzy Picturehouse 🚇 Brixton
10:50 13:30 16:10
Riverside Studios riverside_studios 🚇 Hammersmith
10:30 12:00 14:30 17:00 19:30
Soho Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus
11:30 14:10 17:00 19:40
Sutton omniplex
13:10 15:50 18:30
The Cinema at Campus West campus_west
11:40 13:45
The Garden Cinema garden_cinema 🚇 Holborn, Covent Garden
14:00 16:45 19:45
The Gate Picturehouse 🚇 Notting Hill Gate, Holland Park
16:00
The Lexi Cinema lexi_cinema 🚇 Kensal Green
17:10
Victoria Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Victoria, Pimlico
12:00 14:30 17:00 19:30
West Norwood Picturehouse
11:00 17:00
Wimbledon Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Wimbledon
14:20 19:40
Act One Cinema act_one_cinema 🚇 Acton Town
14:10 16:40
Addlestone the_light
12:10 17:20
Aldgate Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Aldgate East, Aldgate
14:20 19:40
BFI Southbank bfi 🚇 Waterloo, Temple
13:15 17:10 19:40
Barbican Cinema barbican 🚇 Barbican, Moorgate
14:20 17:10 19:40
Barnet Everyman Cinemas 🚇 High Barnet
13:15 19:15
Belsize Park Everyman Cinemas 🚇 Belsize Park
11:00 16:30
Bloomsbury Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Russell Square, King's Cross St. Pancras
12:10 14:40 17:10 19:40
Camden Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Camden Town, Chalk Farm
12:00 14:30 17:00 19:30
Castle Cinema Hackney castle_cinema
12:45 15:20 20:00
Chiswick Cinema chiswick_cinema 🚇 Turnham Green
19:25
Cinema de Lux Bluewater Showcase Cinemas
11:00 14:40
Ciné Lumière cine_lumiere 🚇 South Kensington, Gloucester Road
17:10 19:30
Clapham Picturehouse 🚇 Clapham Common, Clapham North
13:20 19:30
Crouch End Picturehouse
13:30 19:05
Ealing Picturehouse 🚇 Ealing Broadway
11:00 16:30
East Dulwich Picturehouse
14:00 19:30
Epsom Picturehouse
13:10 16:15
Finsbury Park Picturehouse 🚇 Finsbury Park, Arsenal
11:40 14:20 17:00 19:40
Forest Cinema pdj_cinemas 🚇 Walthamstow Central
11:25 14:00 16:35 19:15
Greenwich Picturehouse 🚇 Cutty Sark, Greenwich
11:40 19:20
Hackney Picturehouse
14:10 16:50 19:30
Holloway Odeon Cinemas 🚇 Holloway Road
12:20 19:50
Hoxton Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Old Street
12:40 17:40
Kingston Odeon Cinemas
13:40 16:20
Kingston Curzon Cinemas
13:50 17:00
London - Islington (Angel Central) Vue Cinemas 🚇 Angel
09:40 14:00 16:15
London - Westfield (Shepherd's Bush) Vue Cinemas 🚇 Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush
13:10 18:05
London - Westfield Stratford Vue Cinemas 🚇 Stratford, Maryland
08:20 10:25 16:55
Mayfair Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Green Park, Hyde Park Corner
14:00 20:00
Muswell Hill Everyman Cinemas
13:30 17:30
Nova Cinema nova_cinema
15:40 18:45
Phoenix Cinema phoenix_cinema 🚇 East Finchley
19:00
Picturehouse Central Picturehouse 🚇 Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square
16:20 19:10
Richmond Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Richmond
11:30 16:45
Ritzy Picturehouse 🚇 Brixton
14:30 17:10
Riverside Studios riverside_studios 🚇 Hammersmith
17:00 19:30
Soho Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus
11:45 14:20 16:40 19:20
Sutton omniplex
13:10 15:50 18:30
The Cinema at Campus West campus_west
11:00 14:00
The Garden Cinema garden_cinema 🚇 Holborn, Covent Garden
14:30 19:45
The Gate Picturehouse 🚇 Notting Hill Gate, Holland Park
17:00
The Lexi Cinema lexi_cinema 🚇 Kensal Green
17:10 19:45
Victoria Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Victoria, Pimlico
12:00 14:30 17:00 19:30
West Norwood Picturehouse
11:45 16:20
Wimbledon Curzon Cinemas 🚇 Wimbledon
13:40 19:00
Belsize Park Everyman Cinemas 🚇 Belsize Park
16:30
Chelsea Everyman Cinemas 🚇 South Kensington
15:30
Cinema de Lux Bluewater Showcase Cinemas
13:45
Ciné Lumière cine_lumiere 🚇 South Kensington, Gloucester Road
19:30
Crystal Palace Everyman Cinemas
17:15
Esher Everyman Cinemas
17:00
Greenwich Picturehouse 🚇 Cutty Sark, Greenwich
10:00
Kiln Theatre kiln_theatre 🚇 Kilburn, West Hampstead
19:20
King's Cross Everyman Cinemas 🚇 King's Cross St. Pancras
17:00
Lumiere Cinema lumiere 🚇 Romford
08:45 11:30 17:00
Olympic Cinema olympic_studios
16:20
Portobello electric_cinema 🚇 Ladbroke Grove, Latimer Road
20:00
Regent Street Cinema regent_street_cinema 🚇 Oxford Circus, Bond Street
19:00
Rio Cinema rio_cinema
19:50
Riverside Studios riverside_studios 🚇 Hammersmith
14:30 17:10
Sutton omniplex
13:30
The Arzner the_arzner 🚇 Borough, London Bridge
12:15 18:15
The Whiteley Everyman Cinemas 🚇 Bayswater, Queensway
17:00
Barbican Cinema barbican 🚇 Barbican, Moorgate
10:15
Belsize Park Everyman Cinemas 🚇 Belsize Park
14:15
Chelsea Everyman Cinemas 🚇 South Kensington
15:30
Chiswick Cinema chiswick_cinema 🚇 Turnham Green
09:30
Cinema de Lux Bluewater Showcase Cinemas
13:50
Ciné Lumière cine_lumiere 🚇 South Kensington, Gloucester Road
13:30
Clapham Picturehouse 🚇 Clapham Common, Clapham North
12:30
Crouch End Picturehouse
11:25
Ealing Picturehouse 🚇 Ealing Broadway
13:30
East Dulwich Picturehouse
11:20
Esher Everyman Cinemas
15:15
Finsbury Park Picturehouse 🚇 Finsbury Park, Arsenal
11:40 17:10
Greenwich Picturehouse 🚇 Cutty Sark, Greenwich
14:00
Hackney Picturehouse
17:30
Kiln Theatre kiln_theatre 🚇 Kilburn, West Hampstead
12:00 17:00
Lumiere Cinema lumiere 🚇 Romford
14:00 16:30
Nova Cinema nova_cinema
13:30
Picturehouse Central Picturehouse 🚇 Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square
10:30 16:15
Portobello electric_cinema 🚇 Ladbroke Grove, Latimer Road
13:30 16:30
Rio Cinema rio_cinema
12:30 16:30
Ritzy Picturehouse 🚇 Brixton
14:30
Riverside Studios riverside_studios 🚇 Hammersmith
15:00 17:20
The Arzner the_arzner 🚇 Borough, London Bridge
12:00
The Gate Picturehouse 🚇 Notting Hill Gate, Holland Park
11:00
The Whiteley Everyman Cinemas 🚇 Bayswater, Queensway
12:30
West Norwood Picturehouse
11:15

Film Details

Director
Pedro Almodóvar
Year
2026
Runtime
112 minutes
Genre
Drama, Comedy
Rating
6.3/10 (124 votes)
View on IMDb →

Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I watch Bitter Christmas in London?
Bitter Christmas is currently showing at 58 cinemas in London. Including Act One Cinema, Addlestone, Aldgate.
How long is Bitter Christmas?
Bitter Christmas has a runtime of 112 minutes.
What is Bitter Christmas rated?
Bitter Christmas has a rating of 6.3/10 on TMDB.