Almodóvar Delights Cannes With 6.5-Minute Ovation for Bitter Christmas
Pedro Almodóvar’s Bitter Christmas premiered at Cannes to a 6.5‑minute standing ovation as the director’s two‑timeline drama follows 2026–era Raul writing a screenplay drawn from those closest to him and a 2004 storyline about Elsa in Lanzarote; the film stars Leonardo Sbaraglia and Barbara Lennie among others, and adds to Almodóvar’s Cannes legacy as his eighth competition entry, with Sony Pictures Classics handling North American rights.