Bad Education (2004)

Release date: 2005-02-11
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish|Latin
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Production Co: Canal+ España, El Deseo, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Rating: 7.4/10
Length: 1h 46min

Storyline

In the early 60s, two boys - Ignacio and Enrique - discover love, movies and fear in a Christian school. Father Manolo, the school principal and Literature teacher, both witnesses and takes part in these discoveries. The three characters come against one another twice again, in the late 70s and in 1980. These meetings are set to change the life and death of some of them.

Plot Keywords

gay interest, blow job, oral sex, neo noir, masturbation, pubic hair, sexual abuse, multiple time frames, movie theatre, mother son relationship, male underwear, male nudity, murder, parent child relationship, personal assistant, sexual favor, sexual frustration, sexual obsession, sexual repression, sexuality

Short Review

The problem with the film is its very staginess -- it never really seems to get out of drag. Between the impersonations of the priesthood, the impersonations of the transvestites and the impersonations of the actors themselves, there is little to choose.