Bad Education
2004 · TMDB 7.4 · La mala educación
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
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.
Why it matters
Pedro Almodóvar's noir thriller about a journalist investigating a priest's abuse at a Catholic school, uncovering a web of deceit and desire.
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Released
- 2004-03-19
- Studio
- El Deseo
- Country
- Spain
- Language
- Latin
- TMDB score
- 7.4
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