Bad Education


1h 49m 2004

Brief Synopsis

Two children, Ignacio and Enrique, know love, the movies and fear in a religious school at the beginning of the 60's. Father Manolo, director of the school and its professor of literature, is witness to and part of these discoveries. The three are followed through the next few decades, their reuni

Film Details

Also Known As
Dålig uppfostran, La Mala Educación, La mauvaise éducation, Mala Educación, Mala Educación - Schlechte Erziehung, La, mauvaise éducation
MPAA Rating
Genre
Crime
Drama
Foreign
Latino
Period
Release Date
2004
Distribution Company
Sony Pictures Classics
Location
Valencia, Spain; Madrid, Spain

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 49m

Synopsis

Two children, Ignacio and Enrique, know love, the movies and fear in a religious school at the beginning of the 60's. Father Manolo, director of the school and its professor of literature, is witness to and part of these discoveries. The three are followed through the next few decades, their reunion marking life and death.

Film Details

Also Known As
Dålig uppfostran, La Mala Educación, La mauvaise éducation, Mala Educación, Mala Educación - Schlechte Erziehung, La, mauvaise éducation
MPAA Rating
Genre
Crime
Drama
Foreign
Latino
Period
Release Date
2004
Distribution Company
Sony Pictures Classics
Location
Valencia, Spain; Madrid, Spain

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 49m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Fall November 19, 2004

Released in United States December 10, 2004

Released in United States on Video April 12, 2005

Released in United States September 2004

Released in United States October 2004

Released in United States November 2004

Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 2004.

Almodovar had planned to shoot "La Mala Education" in 2001 but shot "Talk to Her" instead when he had trouble casting one of the male leads.

Released in United States Fall November 19, 2004

Released in United States December 10, 2004 (Los Angeles)

Released in United States on Video April 12, 2005

Released in United States September 2004 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 3-6, 2004.)

Released in United States October 2004 (Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 2004.)

Released in United States November 2004 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Gala) November 4-14, 2004.)

Winner of the 2004 award for Best Foreign Film by the New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC).