Bad Education
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Bad Education

7.4 / 10 2004 1h 45mNC-17 Spanish
DramaCrime

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Gael García Bernal

Gael García Bernal

Ángel / Juan / Zahara

Lead
Fele Martínez

Fele Martínez

Enrique Goded

Daniel Giménez Cacho

Daniel Giménez Cacho

Padre Manolo

Lluís Homar

Lluís Homar

Sr. Berenguer

Francisco Maestre

Francisco Maestre

Padre José

Francisco Boira

Francisco Boira

Ignacio

Juan Fernández

Juan Fernández

Martín

Nacho Pérez

Nacho Pérez

Young Ignacio

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Pedro Almodóvar's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Bad Education is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker