Submitted by Nikki on
Title: Mala Educación (Bad Education)
Released: 2004
La Mala Educación (Bad Education) is the latest film from the kooky, transvestite-obsessed Spanish director, Pedro Almodóvar. Perhaps most notable for its hot protagonist, Gabriel García Bernal, who American audiences (mainly the ladies) started to notice in coming-of-age story Y tu máma también and most recently in The Motorcycle Diaries.
La Mala Educación is a story of two young boys, Ignacio and Enrique, who befriend each other in their Catholic boarding school, under the watchful eye of their pedophile principal and teacher, Father Manolo. Set in 1960s Spain, the students are separated and all three characters meet up later in life when Ignacio approaches his long-lost friend Enrique about a manuscript, including secrets of the boys’ childhood, that Enrique may want to make into a movie. With multiple interwoven stories, the movie develops themes of love, betrayal, corruption, and of course, transvestites. While you won’t end the movie with a “triumph of the human spirit” feeling, you will end up thinking and perhaps deciphering Almodóvar’s message long after the movie is over.
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