![]() ![]() ![]() His prayers may have been answered when Ignacio Rodriguez (Gael García Bernal) delivers a short story called ‘The Visit’, drawing on his school experiences. “The film is littered with light-hearted, comedic moments with amusing lines of dialogue delivered exceptional well by the film’s main actor, Gael García Bernal.” The film opens in 1980 with Enrique (Fele Martínez), a successful young film director in the search of his next movie. Which on the first viewing can be a little tricky to follow. ![]() In typical Almodóvar fashion, he weaves the narrative between three different time periods. The film is littered with light-hearted, comedic moments with amusing lines of dialogue delivered exceptional well by the film’s main actor, Gael García Bernal. It is not to say that Bad Education is a difficult and depressing film to watch, its quite the opposite. ![]() However, at the same time it acts as a reminder of the all too real horrors of the Catholic Church sex abuse cases and its lasting after effects. This is a film which pulls the viewer into this hyperreal world. A vibrant, dazzling mystery with a transgender character at its centre. Bad Education is Vertigo if the Hitchcock classic was filmed by the likes of John Walters. Only Pedro Almodóvar could take the film noir genre and transform it into a bold statement from queer cinema. ![]()
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