---
title: 'Bad Education (2004)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pedro Almodóvar'
released: '2004-03-19'
runtime_minutes: 105
certification: 'NC-17'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bad-education-2004'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275491/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bad Education (2004)

2004 · NC-17 · 105 min · Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller · Spain

Original title: La mala educación

## Synopsis

Bad Education is a 2004 Spanish neo-noir psychological melodrama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lluís Homar and Francisco Boira, the film focuses on two reunited childhood friends and lovers caught up in a stylized murder mystery. The metafictional film uses a deeply-nested narrative plot structure to explore themes of transsexuality, drug use, rape, and sexual abuse by Catholic priests.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Pedro Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-almodovar)
- **Screenplay:** [Pedro Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-almodovar)
- **Producer:** [Pedro Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-almodovar), [Agustín Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/agustin-almodovar), [Esther García](https://cinepixo.com/people/esther-garcia)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Debney](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-debney), [Alberto Iglesias](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-iglesias)
- **Director of Photography:** [José Luis Alcaine Escaño](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-luis-alcaine-escano)
- **Editor:** [Michael Tronick](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-tronick), [José Salcedo](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-salcedo)

## Cast

- [Lluís Homar](https://cinepixo.com/people/lluis-homar)
- [Daniel Giménez Cacho](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-gimenez-cacho)
- [Javier Cámara](https://cinepixo.com/people/javier-camara)
- [Francisco Boira](https://cinepixo.com/people/francisco-boira)
- [Alberto Ferreiro](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-ferreiro)
- [Petra Martínez](https://cinepixo.com/people/petra-martinez)
- [Pedro Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-almodovar)
- [Leonor Watling](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonor-watling)
- [Paco Maestre](https://cinepixo.com/people/paco-maestre)
- [Fele Martínez](https://cinepixo.com/people/fele-martinez)
- [Sandra Montiel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandra-montiel)
- [Sara Montiel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-montiel)
- [Gael García Bernal](https://cinepixo.com/people/gael-garcia-bernal)

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Official site: http://www.sonyclassics.com/badeducation/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/bad-education-2004
Film facts: Wikidata (Q844819); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.