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Bad Education (Spanish: La mala educación) is a 2004 film by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar (who worked on the film's story structure for over ten years) about two reunited childhood friends (and lovers) in the vein of an Alfred Hitchcock murder mystery. Sexual abuse by Catholic priests, transsexuality, drug abuse, and a metafiction are also important themes and devices in the plot. It is rated 18 in Spain, 15 in the UK by the BBFC and NC-17 in the US by the MPAA. Image File history File linksMetadata Bad_Education_(La_mala_educaciÃ³n)_movie. ... Pedro AlmodÃ³var Caballero (pronounced ) (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. ... Pedro AlmodÃ³var Caballero (pronounced ) (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. ... Pedro AlmodÃ³var Caballero (pronounced ) (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. ... Gael García Bernal Gael García Bernal (born November 30, 1978 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. ... Javier CÃ¡mara (born January 19, 1967) is a Spanish actor, most notably in the Pedro AlmodÃ³var film Hable con ella (Talk to Her) and the television series 7 Vidas (Seven Lives). ... Leonor Ceballos Watling (born July 28, 1975 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish film actress and singer. ... Alberto Iglesias FernÃ¡ndez-Berridi (born San SebastiÃ¡n 1955) is a Spanish composer. ... JosÃ© Luis Alcaine (born 26 December 1938) is a Spanish born cinematographer. ... JosÃ© Salcedo is a Spanish film editor with over 120 films to his credit as well as 17 nominations and wins of film-making awards. ... Sony Pictures Classics is the specialty films division of Sony Pictures. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... â€œWBâ€ redirects here. ... PathÃ© or PathÃ© FrÃ¨res is the name of various businesses founded and originally run by the PathÃ© Brothers of France. ... is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. ... is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Pedro AlmodÃ³var Caballero (pronounced ) (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. ... Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 â€“ April 29, 1980) was an iconic and highly influential British-born film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ... Bad Touch redirects here. ... This article is about the sacrament. ... Look up Transsexuality in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Comparison of the perceived harm for various psychoactive drugs from a poll among medical psychiatrists specialized in addiction treatment[1] This article is an overview of the nontherapeutic use of alcohol and drugs of abuse. ... Look up metafiction in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is the organisation responsible for film classification (see Motion picture rating systems and History of British Film Certificates) within the United Kingdom. ... The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is a non-profit trade association formed to advance the interests of movie studios. ...

Plot

Two school boys, Ignacio and Enrique, discover love, cinema, and fear in a religious school at the start of the 1960s. Father Manolo, the school principal and their literature teacher, is witness to and part of these discoveries. On discovering the two boys' affection for each other, the priest, who is himself engrossed with Ignacio, is jealous and threatens to expel Enrique as a `bad influence'. In an attempt to prevent this Ignacio promises to do whatever the priest asks of him. The priest double-crosses Ignacio and expels Enrique anyway.

The film jumps to the 1980s with the boys now young adults. Enrique (Fele Martínez), a successful film director- on whose studio wall a poster depicting a movie known as "La abuela fantasma" (which shares its title with the original name of another Almodovar film, Volver) is seen- is visited by a stranger (Gael García Bernal) in his office, an actor looking for work who claims to be Enrique's boarding school friend and first love interest, Ignacio. "Ignacio" has brought a short story with him that is about their time at the Catholic school together and the physical and sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of Father Manolo (Daniel Giménez Cacho). It also includes a fictionalized account of their (Enrique's and Ignacio's) reunion after all those years. Rafael (Fele) MartÃnez was born in 1975 en Alicante, Spain. ... Director Herbert Brenon with actress Alla Nazimova on the set of War Brides, 1916 A director is a person who directs the making of a film. ... Volver (Spanish: to return (specifically: to return to a place), (IPA pronunciation: )) is a 2006 Academy Award-nominated Spanish film by director Pedro AlmodÃ³var. ... Gael GarcÃa Bernal /IPA: gael gaÉ¾sia beÉ¾nal/ (born November 30, 1978) is a Mexican actor and director. ...

Enrique wants to adapt Ignacio's story into a film, but "Ignacio's" condition is that he play the part of Zahara, the transsexual lead. Enrique remains skeptical, for he feels that the Ignacio whom he loved and the Ignacio of today are totally different people. He drives to Galicia to Ignacio's mother and learns that the real Ignacio has been dead for four years and that the man who came to his office is really Ignacio's younger brother, Juan. A transsexual (sometimes transexual) person establishes a permanent identity with the opposite gender to their assigned (usually at birth) sex. ...

Enrique's interest is piqued, and he decides to do the movie with Juan in the role of Ignacio to find out what drives Juan. Enrique and "Ignacio" start a relationship, and Enrique revises the script so that it ends with Father Manolo, whom Ignacio was trying to blackmail over the abuse to get money for sex reassignment surgery, having Ignacio murdered. When the scene is shot, "Ignacio" breaks out in tears unexpectedly. For specialized articles on surgical procedures, see Sex reassignment surgery male-to-female and Sex reassignment surgery female-to-male. ...

The movie set is visited by Manuel Berenguer (Lluís Homar), who has read in the newspaper about the film and is none other than the real Father Manolo who has resigned from Church duty. Manuel confesses to Enrique that the new ending of the film is not far from the truth: the real Ignacio blackmailed Manuel, who somehow managed to scratch together the money but also took an interest in Ignacio's younger brother Juan. Juan and Manuel started a relationship and after a while realized they both wanted to see Ignacio dead. This was facilitated by the fact that Ignacio was a heroin addict. Juan scored some very pure heroin, so that his brother would die by overdose after shooting up. For other uses, see Heroin (disambiguation). ... Addiction is an uncontrollable compulsion to repeat a behavior regardless of its negative consequences. ...

Enrique is understandably shocked and not at all interested in Juan's weak vindications for what he did to his brother. Finally, before he leaves, Juan gives Enrique a piece of paper: a letter to Enrique that Ignacio was in the middle of typing when he died.

From the style of the opening credits to the score that is heavily reminiscent of the works of Bernard Herrmann, this movie is a homage to classic Hitchcock thrillers such as Vertigo, in which a femme fatale from the protagonist's past surfaces again but has a double identity and hides a dark secret. The content of the film's ending was only resolved in an earlier editing lawsuit. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Vertigo is a 1958 suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ... Civil action redirects here. ...

Cast

Gael GarcÃa Bernal /IPA: gael gaÉ¾sia beÉ¾nal/ (born November 30, 1978) is a Mexican actor and director. ... Pedro AlmodÃ³var Caballero (pronounced ) (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. ... Rafael (Fele) MartÃnez was born in 1975 en Alicante, Spain. ... Javier CÃ¡mara (born January 19, 1967) is a Spanish actor, most notably in the Pedro AlmodÃ³var film Hable con ella (Talk to Her) and the television series 7 Vidas (Seven Lives). ... Juan FernÃ¡ndez (c. ... Leonor Ceballos Watling (born July 28, 1975 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish film actress and singer. ... Pedro AlmodÃ³var Caballero (pronounced ) (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. ... Sara Montiel (born March 10, 1928) is a Spanish actress. ...

Release and reaction

This film stands out among Almodóvar's work in that it features a nearly all-male cast (among Almodóvar's trademarks are stories about women) and is among his most serious works. The reception of the movie among audiences was mixed. It received the honor of opening in the 57th Cannes Film Festival in 2004, the first Spanish film to do so (this opening in turn was dedicated to those killed in the Madrid train bombings from the previous month). The NC-17 rating (although later retracted when an oral sex scene was blurred) diminished the movie's popularity as it caused the film to have a very limited release in the US and be overshadowed by another acclaimed film from Spain, The Sea Inside, which won both the Goya and the Foreign Film Oscar of that year. Some even saw Almodóvar's next film, Volver, a more traditional work, as an attempt to cleanse himself from the "too controversial" Bad Education. However, many also praised the film, with Roger Ebert giving it three and a half stars. The film has also developed a following in homosexual communities. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival de Cannes), founded in 1939, is one of the worlds oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Spanish capital. ... The Sea Inside (Spanish: Mar adentro) is a 2004 film by the Spanish/Chilean director Alejandro AmenÃ¡bar. ...

Alternate versions

The theatrical release of the film was NC-17.The DVD version of this film was released in an R-Rated version which trims or cuts some scenes in the NC-17 version. There is an NC-17 version available though.

See also

In the late 20th century, and early 21st, the Roman Catholic Church was confronted with a series of allegations of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests (who are all male) and by members of the various religious orders (both male and female). ... The Roman Catholic sex abuse cases are a series of accusations of child sexual abuse made against Roman Catholic priests and also concern accusations of related church cover-ups against said abuse. ... Deliver Us from Evil (2006) is an Academy Award-nominated documentary film directed by Amy Berg which tells the true story of the pedophile Catholic priest Oliver OGrady, who sexually abused potentially hundreds of children between the late 1970s and early 1990s. ... Panorama is a long-running current affairs documentary series on BBC television, launched on 11 November 1953 and focusing on investigative journalism. ...

External links

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ... Pedro AlmodÃ³var Caballero (pronounced ) (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. ... Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montÃ³n, often known generally as Pepi, Luci, Bom (English: Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls on the Heap, also Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom) is a 1980 film written and directed by the Spanish filmmaker Pedro AlmodÃ³var. ... Labyrinth of Passion (Spanish: Laberinto de pasiones) is a 1982 Spanish screwball comedy directed by Pedro AlmodÃ³var. ... Entre tinieblas (English: Dark Habits) is a black comedy from director Pedro AlmodÃ³var. ... What Have I Done to Deserve This? (Spanish: Â¿QuÃ© he hecho yo para merecer esto?) is a 1984 film by Pedro AlmodÃ³var. ... Matador (1986, Spanish for killer) is a film by Spanish director Pedro AlmodÃ³var about a student matador, Ãngel (Antonio Banderas), who confesses to murders he didnt commit and begins a romance with his lawyer, MarÃa (Assumpta Serna). ... La ley del deseo (English: Law of Desire) is a 1987 film by Pedro AlmodÃ³var. ... Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spanish: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) is a 1988 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Pedro AlmodÃ³var, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas. ... Poster for Â¡Ãtame! Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Â¡Ãtame!) is a 1990 film by Pedro AlmodÃ³var, an offbeat Spanish drama starring Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril. ... High Heels (Spanish: Tacones lejanos[1]) is a 1991 Spanish film, written and directed by Pedro AlmodÃ³var, starring Marisa Paredes and Victoria Abril. ... Kika is a 1993 Pedro AlmodÃ³var film Category: ... The Flower of My Secret or La flor de mi secreto (original Spanish title) is a 1995 film by Spanish director Pedro AlmodÃ³var. ... Carne TrÃ©mula (Live Flesh ) is a 1991 Spanish film, written and directed by Pedro AlmodÃ³var, starring Javier Bardem and Francesca Neri. ... All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) is a 1999 film written and directed by the Spanish auteur Pedro AlmodÃ³var, starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela PeÃ±a, Antonia San Juan and PenÃ©lope Cruz. ... Talk to Her (Spanish: Hable con ella) is a 2002 film written and directed by the Spanish director Pedro AlmodÃ³var, starring Javier CÃ¡mara, DarÃo Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Geraldine Chaplin and Rosario Flores. ... Volver (Spanish: to return (specifically: to return to a place), (IPA pronunciation: )) is a 2006 Academy Award-nominated Spanish film by director Pedro AlmodÃ³var. ... The art of motion-picture making within the nation of Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema. ... A list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Spain, ordered by year of release. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ...

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