This story begins in Madrid in 1980, where film director Enrique (Fele Martinez) is flipping through newspapers looking for a gimmick for his latest screenplay. In walks Ignacio (Gael Garcia Bernal), who has been in love with Enrique since they were students at a Catholic school in the 1960s. While reminiscing together, Ignacio reconnects the director with his past and suggests that he turn their experiences of abuse at the school into a film.
But realities and identities frequently shift, and it becomes increasingly difficult to tell truth from fiction. At the story's heart is a tale of two friends, their complicated love for one another and their journey marred by abuse.
A complex, erotic and stylised take on the film noir, Bad Education premiered to much acclaim on opening night of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
Synopsis
In the early 60's, two boys - Ignacio and Enrique - discover love, movies and fear in a Christian school. Father Manolo, the school principal and Literature teacher, both witnesses and takes part in these discoveries.The three characters come against one another twice again, in the late 70's and in 1980. These meetings are set to change the life and death of some of them.
Run Time:
101 minutes
FullScreen:
None
Widescreen:
Yes
Format:
PAL
Aspect:
2.35:1
Director:
Pedro Almodovar
Cast:
Gael Garcia Bernal, Juan Fernández, Fele Martinez, Javier Camara, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Petra Martínez, Nacho Pérez, Raúl García Forneiro, Francisco Boira, Lluís Homar, Alberto Ferreiro, Roberto Hoyas, Francisco Maestre
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Reviews
– Customer review on 02/07/2007
Pedro Almodovar's Bad Education is a film of deception. Hence, the title. Centered around a story of child-abuse in a Catholic boy's school, it does not provide any comfortable answers. Everyone is victimised in some way in this twisted tale. And, as always, Almodovar has created a film that disturbs and unsettles, as much as it is possessed of a dark humour and seething sensuality.
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