El libro que acompa鎙 a la nueva pel獳ula de Pedro Almod镽ar, una historia sobre la estrecha relaci鏮 entre realidad y ficci鏮, entre la inspiraci鏮 y la vida. Un regalo para cin嶨ilos. Amarga Navidad nos muestra dos historias en alternancia. La primera empieza en diciembre de 2004, durante el largo puente de la Constituci鏮, y est?protagonizada por Elsa, una directora de publicidad, as?como por su novio, Bonifacio, y por sus amigas Patricia y Natalia. La segunda transcurre en 2026 y su protagonista es Ra, un guionista y director que est?inmerso en la escritura de un guion: pronto descubriremos que se trata de la historia de Elsa. Ella es, de alg modo, el alter ego de Ra, quien recurre a la autoficci鏮 como soluci鏮 a una larga temporada de sequ燰 creativa. Mira dentro de s? y no puede evitar mirar tambi幯 a las personas que componen su universo m嫳 璯timo, que son su compa鎑ro y su ayudante.
Esta edici鏮 contiene, adem嫳 del guion de la pel獳ula, un anexo con comentarios sobre su proceso creativo y el rodaje, firmado por el propio Almod镽ar; asimismo, est?profusamente ilustrada a todo color con fotogramas del
film, im墔enes del rodaje y fragmentos del storyboard, y se cierra con un precioso y personal texto, a modo de ep璱ogo, de Gustavo Mart璯 Garzo.
Amarga Navidad es un libro que sirve de perfecto acompa鎙nte del largometraje y atraer?a todos los amantes del cine y la cultura.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The companion book to Pedro Almod镽ar's new film, a story about the close relationship between reality and fiction, between inspiration and life. A gift for film lovers. Bitter Christmas presents two alternating stories. The first begins in December 2004, during the long Constitution Day weekend, and features Elsa, an advertising director, as well as her boyfriend, Bonifacio, and her friends Patricia and Natalia. The second takes place in 2026 and centers on Ra, a screenwriter and director who is immersed in writing a screenplay: we soon discover that it is Elsa's story. She is, in a way, Ra's alter ego, and he turns to autofiction as a solution to a long period of creative drought. He looks within himself and cannot help but also look at the people who make up his most intimate universe--his partner and his assistant.
This edition contains, in addition to the film's screenplay, an appendix with comments on the creative process and the shooting of the film, written by Almod镽ar himself; it is also lavishly illustrated in full color with stills from the film, images from the shoot, and excerpts from the storyboard, and concludes with a beautiful and personal text, serving as an epilogue, by Gustavo Mart璯 Garzo.
Bitter Christmas is a book that serves as the perfect companion to the feature film and will appeal to all lovers of cinema and culture.
