Bad Education (2004)

The Story

When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded (Fele Martínez) 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 (Gael García Bernal) 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.

Rating

MA15+

Cast

Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lluís Homar

Director

Pedro Almodóvar