Pedro Almodóvar turns the camera on himself in introspective new film ‘Bitter Christmas’

In brief

Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar is turning the lens inward with ‘Bitter Christmas’, a new film that examines artistic exhaustion, personal relationships and the uncomfortable boundaries between lived experience and creative appropriation. The 76-year-old filmmaker, celebrated for his emotionally charged narratives and distinctive visual language, explores the relationship between fiction and reality through two…