Bitter Christmas vs The Intouchables
The Intouchables has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.4/10 for Bitter Christmas). Bitter Christmas is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 1h 53m. The Intouchables is the older of the two (2011 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Bitter Christmas | The Intouchables | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.4/10 | ★ 8.3/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 1h 53m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Spain | – |
| Director | Pedro Almodóvar | Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache |
| Main cast | Milena Smit, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Rossy de Palma, Bárbara Lennie, Quim Gutiérrez | Omar Sy, François Caron, François Cluzet, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot |
Synopsis
Bitter Christmas
In 2025 Spain, a celebrated film director struggles to write the screenplay for an autofictional film set in 2004 Spain about an unsuccessful movie director turned director of commercials who suffers a panic attack that forces her to take a break by visiting the Canary Islands, where she begins work on a new film.
The Intouchables
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
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