BAD EDUCATION (La Mala Educacion) (2004) (Spain) (Pedro Almodóvar) (Language: Spanish) (Subtitled in English)
. . people will pay
any price to
ensure that
their stories
are told . .
Writer/director Pedro Almodóvar's dark, sexy Hitchcock homage is his best work since his Oscar-winning All About My Mother, and deepened by a sun-dappled sadness.
Handsome, enigmatic Ángel (Gael García Bernal) arrives at the Spanish movie offices of director Enrique Goded (Fele Martinez) and happily proclaims that he's actually Enrique's long-lost school chum Ignacio--an announcement that is both less than convincing and more than it seems.
A novice actor, Ángel pitches a semi-autobiographical screenplay in which he's determined to star, a revenge-laden reflection of the doomed love he and Enrique shared as boys before a pedophile priest cruelly intervened.
The script, and the lost days it recalls, carefully unfurls into a series of brooding movies-within-movies and memories-inside-memories, which allow the sensual, multiple-role-playing Bernal to give the performance of his young career--among other things, he makes a stunningly convincing drag queen--and Almodóvar the opportunity to movingly suggest that people will pay any price to ensure that their stories are told.
Film Informaton: 'Bad Education'
Web: Cast, Bios and Additional Information at at IMDb
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
Credits: Full Cast, Crew & Credits
Genre: Drama | Mystery
Awards: Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 11 wins & 30 nominations
Runtime: 106 min
Spoken Language: Spanish
Subtitled in: English
An interview with 'Bad Education' star, Gael Garcia Bernal
Film Files: 'Bad Education'
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