Bad Education

Bad Education

2004 · 105 min · ES · NC-17 · 7.4 (1,070 votes)
Dir. Pedro Almodóvar · Starring Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lluís Homar, Francisco Maestre, Francisco Boira · Music Alberto Iglesias
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When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school. Weaving through past and present, the script follows a transvestite performer who reconnects with a grade school sweetheart. Spurred on by this chance encounter, the character reflects on her childhood sexual victimization and the trauma of closeting her sexual orientation.

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This film is a deeply melancholic and haunting journey through memory and desire. It 00e2 0080 0099s a sensual, stylized drama that unravels layers of identity and trauma with a neo-noir sensibility. The atmosphere is thick with longing and revelation, making for an intensely reflective and unsettling experience.

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