Bitter Holidays

Enchanting Elsa arrives on sunny Lanzarote in 2004 to escape a life crisis and seek a fresh start. But this story is being written by aging acclaimed director Raúl - and the events and characters suspiciously echo the fates of those close to him. They begin to recognize themselves in the film and ask uncomfortable questions: where does inspiration end and privacy begin?

With his most personal film, Pedro Almodóvar returned to the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival.