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Drama / Crime / Mystery / Thriller
Spain, 2004, 101 min

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First screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, Pedro Almodovar's powerful and passionate semi-autobiographical melodrama follows the intertwining stories of two boys, Enrique (Fele Martinez) and Ignacio (Gael Garcia Bernal), who fall in love at an abusive Catholic school and are parted by a jealous paedophile priest. Sixteen years later, Enrique, now a successful filmmaker, is casting about for an idea for a new film when a young cross-dressing actor, claiming to be Ignacio but known as 'Angel', approaches him with a short story based on their schooldays together. Enrique decides to use the story, and casts Angel in the film's lead role, despite his discovery that Angel is not in fact Ignacio, who died three years earlier shortly after completing the story, but his younger brother. Enrique's film also includes scenes in which the grown-up Ignacio tracks down the Catholic priest who abused them as boys, and these scenes soon become mirrored by real-life events. Almodovar moves away from his trademark quirky comedy with this dark and brooding drama, using a complex 'film-within-a-film' structure to create a noir-like sense of mystery and blurred identity, and to explore the relationship between fantasy and reality. (Pathé Distribution UK)

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Soundtracks

Bad Education

Bad Education

Original Soundtrack

Label: Sony Classical

Year: 2004

Country: Canada

Format: CD

Length: 59:20

Tracklist
1. Titulos De Cabecera Alberto Iglesias 01:32
2. "Quizas, Quizas, Quizas" - Sara Montiel 02:45
3. Cine Olimpo Alberto Iglesias 01:13
4. "Kyrie (Rossini)" - Cor Vivaldi-Ipsi-Petits Cantors De Catalunya 02:44
5. Viaje A Galicia Alberto Iglesias 02:27
6. Noche Oscura Alberto Iglesias 02:13
7. "Cuore Matto" - Little Tony 02:52
8. Plegaria Atendida Alberto Iglesias 02:16
9. Por Mi Grandisima Culpa Alberto Iglesias 02:11
10. Los Cocodrilos Hambrientos Alberto Iglesias 01:07
11. Carta Del Mas Alla (Hommage A Elgar) Alberto Iglesias 02:22
12. La Piscina Alberto Iglesias 02:21
13. Escena Familiar Alberto Iglesias 02:16
14. Foulard De Seda Alberto Iglesias 02:25
15. Noir Alberto Iglesias 03:12
16. Juan Y El Sr. Berenguer Alberto Iglesias 01:59
17. El Cine Como Espejo Alberto Iglesias 01:47
18. Saxo + Cuarteto Alberto Iglesias 00:53
19. Puerta Final Alberto Iglesias 06:09
20. Exotica Alberto Iglesias 00:34
21. "Maniqui Parisien" - Sara Montiel 02:49
22. Plato Alberto Iglesias 01:48
23. Adagietto Alberto Iglesias 02:47
24. "Moon River" - Pedro Jose Sanchez Martinez 03:27
25. Valsetto Alberto Iglesias 01:41
26. "Jardinero (Torna A Surriento)" - Pedro Jose Sanchez Martinez 01:30