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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
7 award nominations, including the European Film Award for Best Film (2004)
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Box office
Grossed $40.3M worldwide, about 8.1 times its $5M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Madrid
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Setting
Set in Catalonia
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Music
Music by Alberto Iglesias and John Debney
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Cinematography
Cinematography by José Luis Alcaine Escaño
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Pedro AlmodóvarScreenplay
- Original title
- La mala educación
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 19, 2004
- Original language
- Spanish
- Budget
- $5M
- Revenue
- $40.3M
- Countries
- Spain
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Cast
Gael García BernalÁngel / Juan / Zahara
Fele MartínezEnrique Goded
Daniel Giménez CachoPadre Manolo
Lluís HomarSr. Berenguer
Francisco MaestrePadre José
Francisco BoiraIgnacio
Juan FernándezMartín
Nacho PérezYoung Ignacio- Raúl García ForneiroYoung Enrique
Javier CámaraPaca / Paquito
Alberto FerreiroEnrique Serrano
Petra MartínezMadre- SandraTransformista
Roberto HoyasCamarero
Agustín AlmodóvarLimpiador Piscina (uncredited)
Robert ForcadellMan in Public (uncredited)- Luis Lobos NegrosMotero Ochentero (uncredited)
Pol MonenNiño (uncredited)
Sara MontielSoledad (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pau PochNiño (uncredited)
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