Bárbara Lennie set to star in lead role of BITTER CHRISTMAS

Bárbara Lenniehas been cast in the lead role of Pedro Almodóvar’s next feature BITTER CHRISTMAS.

An official synopsis for the film, translated from Spanish, reads: “Elsa is an advertising director whose mother dies during a long December holiday weekend. She throws herself into work as a form of escape, not realizing she’s denying herself the time to grieve. Her relentless pace is interrupted when a panic attack forces her to take a break. Her partner, Bonifacio, becomes her anchor in this moment of crisis. Elsa decides to travel to the island of Lanzarote with her friend Patricia, who is also looking to get away from Madrid, while Bonifacio stays behind in the city.

The story of these three characters, and several others, runs parallel to that of screenwriter and film director Raúl Durán, intertwining fiction and reality. ‘Bitter Christmas’ explores how life and fiction are inseparably linked, sometimes painfully so.”