Bad Education (2004)

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

• Gael García Bernal as Ángel / Juan / Zahara
• Fele Martínez as Enrique Goded
• Daniel Giménez Cacho as Padre Manolo
• Lluís Homar as Sr. Berenguer
• Francisco Maestre as Padre José
• Francisco Boira as Ignacio
• Juan Fernández as Martín
• Nacho Pérez as Young Ignacio
• Raúl García Forneiro as Young Enrique
• Javier Cámara as Paca / Paquito

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