KCRW Partner Screening: 'Bitter Christmas'

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KCRW and Sony Pictures Classics invite you to a special advance screening of Bitter Christmas.

Bitter Christmas tells two alternating stories, one starring Elsa, an advertising director, in 2004, during a long weekend in December. The second takes place in 2026 and stars Raúl, a screenwriter and director who is writing a script that we soon discover is the story of Elsa, her boyfriend Bonifacio, and her friends Patricia and Natalia. Mixed with fiction, Elsa is, in a way, Raúl's alter ego, who, like him, resorts to autofiction as a solution to a long period of creative drought. He looks inside himself, and he can't help but also look at the people who make up his most intimate universe: his partner and his assistant.

The film narrates the close relationship between reality and fiction, between inspiration and life, exploring the limits of autofiction and stories within stories.

DOORS OPEN: 6:00 PM

SCREENING: 7:00 PM

ADMISSION: This screening is open to KCRW members first. Guests must RSVP to attend. If space allows, non-members may be admitted. Admission is free. Guests will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis. RSVP does not guarantee entry.

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