Bad Education

2004 · Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 105 min · drama film, crime film, mystery film

★ 7.4/10 · 1,096 ratings on TMDB

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.