Bad Education
2004 ‘La Mala Educación’ Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Synopsis
This Pedro Almodóvar film explores the sexual misconduct in the Catholic Church in 1960’s Spain. The film is about two boys who are mistreated in a Catholic school and the struggles they face later in life with their sexual identity and hatred for priests.
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Buena, no es de lo mejor de Almodóvar, pero buena. Ojo, esta película NO es para cualquiera.
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72/100
a.k.a Almodovar's Brain, 24/7. Beautifully twisted exercise in the use of nostalgia (personal and cinematic) to drive both creation and the search for an identity. Bernal is astounding, and the story is economically told given how it could have been over-cooked into a melodramatic mush.
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A film director receives a vist from a man who claims to be his schoolhood friend and love. In his possession is a script based on their youth in the 60's and their experiences with their literature professor. As the director reads the script he starts to realize that something is not right and starts putting the pieces of the puzzle together. In my opinion this is not only Pedro Almodovar's most personal film but also his best.
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I noticed a similarity between two films I watched today, Ruby Sparks and Bad Education. The comparison I wish to suggest are other mediums, literary and cinematic, appearing within the film as an aggressive narrator. This is more apparent in Spanish films, Carlos Saura has implemented it a few times and I believe Luis Bunuel has adapted it in a more obscure fashion in Discrete Charm. It is always curious to me to find the spilling of a plot, a story adjunct to the film plot itself, as a central core. It makes the comparisons visceral and apparent, like our characters are facing a mirror. I ranked Bad Education higher than Ruby Sparks because Sparks seemed more trapped and lacked…
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Pedro Almodovar's film-making style is not for everyone, but I've yet to see a film of his that I don't like, and this continues that streak. Maybe not quite up there with his best, but still a twisty labyrinthine melodrama that keeps you guessing till the end.
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My second favorite Almodovar film.
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Buena, no es de lo mejor de Almodóvar, pero buena. Ojo, esta película NO es para cualquiera.
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Was it supposed to be pulp?
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The film that showed me that Gael Garcia Bernal is a sexy man. And a sexy woman.
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Awesome noir.
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Unique and entertaining, didn't see the twist coming. Gael Garcia Bernal is raw and terrific. Very enjoyable, although at times it was somewhat melodramatic.
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o filme mais gay pederastico proxenético que eu ja vi...nem terminei de ver..
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An interesting take on a Catholic upbringing, combined with Almodovar's astute, persistent questioning of gender and identity.
That aside, he also has a way of sucking you into a film that works on a purely superficial level and I love it. If you're not in the mood for soul searching, his films work anyway, and this one is no exception.
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A film director receives a vist from a man who claims to be his schoolhood friend and love. In his possession is a script based on their youth in the 60's and their experiences with their literature professor. As the director reads the script he starts to realize that something is not right and starts putting the pieces of the puzzle together. In my opinion this is not only Pedro Almodovar's most personal film but also his best.
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Watch to the end.