Bitter Christmas

During a long December holiday weekend, a woman, whose mother has recently died, throws herself into work as a form of escape. Her relentless pace is interrupted when a panic attack forces her to take a break.

Cast

Bárbara Lennie

as Elsa Rosado

Leonardo Sbaraglia

as Raúl Durán

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

as Mónica

Victoria Luengo

as Patricia

Patrick Criado

as Bonifacio

Milena Smit

as Natalia

Quim Gutiérrez

as Santi

Rossy de Palma

as Gabriela

Carmen Machi

as Médica

Diogo Belizario

as Cliente de la terraza

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Split across two distinct timelines, this really quite messy and often almost incoherent drama tells us the story of the migraine-prone "Elsa" (Bárbara Lennie) as she recovers from the death of her mother - after a lingering illness - in 2004. She heads to the calm of the black-sanded Lanzarote to r...

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