Fresh from the Croisette as producers on the Jury Prize winner Oliver Laxe’s Sirât, Pedro Almodóvar is getting into the Yuletide spirit this June. WorldofReel did some digging and it looks like we are getting set for production this month with Spanish-speaking thesps Victoria Luengo and Patrick Criado. Bitter Christmas (fka Amarga Navidad) is a tragic comedy about a woman being abandoned by her partner during Christmas time. Filming is set for a Canary Islands backdrop.
Sony Pictures Classics will likely continue their partnership with the filmmaker and while next year’s Cannes could be in the cards, I imagine Almodóvar might return to the lieu where he won the Golden Lion for his last film, The Room Next Door (read review).
