Bad Education

Bad Education
Movie · Drama · Thriller

From two-time Academy Award(r)-winner Pedro Almodóvar (2002 Best Original Screenplay, Talk to Her, 2000 Best Foreign Language Film, All About My Mother) comes Bad Education, an outrageous tale of desire, revenge and murder. Filmmaker Enrique (Fele Martínez) gets a visit from an aspiring actor claiming to be his old school friend Ignacio (Gael García Bernal, The Motorcycle Diaries, Y Tu Mama Tambien), who has written a story about their traumatic childhood spent at Catholic school. In the story, a drag performer known as Zahara (also played by Bernal) attempts to blackmail a predatory priest by exposing their scandalous past. The tale provides the inspiration for Enrique¹s next film. But when the villainous priest from their school days arrives on to tell his own version of the events, the truth is wilder than anything anyone could have imagined. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone raves, "Gael García Bernal is dynamite!" and calls the film "a rapturous masterwork!"

2004 · 1h 44m
  • 88%
  • 18+
Starring Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho
Director Pedro Almodóvar

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Cast & Crew

  • Gael García Bernal
    Angel/Juan/Zahara
  • Fele Martínez
    Enrique Goded
  • D‌G
    Daniel Giménez Cacho
    Father Manolo
  • Pedro Almodóvar
    Director
  • Agustín Almodóvar
    Producer
  • Pedro Almodóvar
    Producer
  • Esther Garcia
    Producer
  • Pedro Almodóvar
    Writer

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Bad Education

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From two-time Academy Award(r)-winner Pedro Almodóvar (2002 Best Original Screenplay, Talk to Her, 2000 Best Foreign Language Film, All About My Mother) comes Bad Education, an outrageous tale of desire, revenge and murder. Filmmaker Enrique (Fele Martínez) gets a visit from an aspiring actor claiming to be his old school friend Ignacio (Gael García Bernal, The Motorcycle Diaries, Y Tu Mama Tambien), who has written a story about their traumatic childhood spent at Catholic school. In the story, a drag performer known as Zahara (also played by Bernal) attempts to blackmail a predatory priest by exposing their scandalous past. The tale provides the inspiration for Enrique¹s next film. But when the villainous priest from their school days arrives on to tell his own version of the events, the truth is wilder than anything anyone could have imagined. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone raves, "Gael García Bernal is dynamite!" and calls the film "a rapturous masterwork!"

18+

COMMON SENSE

Tragic story of church's betrayal; adults only.

88%

TOMATOMETER
Average 7.8
Reviews 147
Fresh 129
Rotten 18

Information

Studio
El Deseo, S.A.; Warner Sogefilms
Released
2004
Run Time
1 hr 44 min
Rated
R for a scene of explicit sexual content.
Regions of Origin
United States, Spain
© (c) El Deseo, D.A. D.L.U 2004

Languages

Original Audio
English (United States), Spanish (Spain), Spanish, Spanish (Latin America), English (Australia)
Audio

Spanish (Spain) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

Subtitles

English (Always On, CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
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