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Bad Education

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  • Drama
  • Crime

Overview

When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded 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 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.

Keywords

  • multiple storylines
  • friendship
  • boarding school
  • murder
  • 1980s
  • male friendship
  • lgbt
  • teacher
  • 2000s
  • spain
  • childhood friends
  • movie business
  • priest
  • drug abuse
  • catholicism
  • identity
  • madrid
  • sexual abuse
  • sexual identity
  • independent film
  • transvestism
  • transsexuality
  • film director
  • screenplay
  • gay youth
  • parallel story
  • homme fatale
  • madrid, spain

Details

Status
Released
Release date
March 19, 2004
Original language
Spanish
Spoken languages
Latin, Spanish
Countries
Spain, United States of America
Cinematography
José Luis Alcaine
Budget
$5,000,000
Revenue
$40,266,982
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