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Tell Others About This Page By Using This Button "BAD EDUCATION" (2004) (Fele Martínez, Gael García Bernal) (NC-17) Alcohol/ Drugs Blood/Gore Disrespectful/ Bad Attitude Frightening/ Tense Scenes Guns/ Weapons Heavy Minor Extreme Mild None Imitative Behavior Jump Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Profanity Minor None Mild None Extreme Sex/ Nudity Smoking Tense Family Scenes Topics To Talk About Violence Extreme Extreme Mild Heavy Heavy QUICK TAKE: Subtitled Drama/Thriller: A filmmaker's turbulent childhood and its effect on him resurface when his former childhood friend and fellow Catholic schoolboy suddenly appears with a script about their past and the priest who abused them. PLOT: Enrique Goded (FELE MARTÍNEZ) is a Madrid-based filmmaker who's surprised when his former childhood friend Ignacio Rodríguez (GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL) suddenly shows up in his office. It's been sixteen years since they last saw each other as Catholic schoolboys who had to deal with their school's pedophilic principal, Father Manolo (DANIEL GIMÉNEZ CACHO), as well as their own homosexual awakening together. Ignacio, who also goes by the stage name of Angel in his transvestite act, says he has written a screenplay where the first half is based on their childhood past and the second is fictitious. As we see flashbacks to their past and other earlier time periods, Ignacio threatens to blackmail Manolo with the script. As his ploy unfolds, more revelations occur and others -- including publisher Mr. Berenguer (LLUIS HOMAR) and Ignacio's younger brother Juan -- get involved, all as Enrique becomes increasingly suspicious and tries to figure out what's going on. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? Unless they're fans of someone in the cast or the film's director, it's highly unlikely. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: NC-17 For a scene of explicit sexual content. CAST AS ROLE MODELS: To prevent the revelation of various surprises and developments, just the initial and main characteristics are noted below: FELE MARTÍNEZ plays a film director who uses strong profanity, smokes and has a gay sexual past (as a boy) and present, both of which are brought up with Ignacio's arrival. GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL plays Enrique's now adult and former childhood friend who has homosexual sex, appears as a transsexual, uses strong profanity and is a drug addict. DANIEL GIMÉNEZ CACHO plays the pedophilic priest in charge of the boys in the past. LLUIS HOMAR plays a man who claims to be the formerly defrocked priest and is now a publisher who has an interest in Ignacio's screenplay. CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit? Then read OUR TAKE of this film. (Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). OUR WORD TO PARENTS: The following is a brief summary of the content found in this drama that's been rated NC-17 where not everything turns out to be what it initially seems. Profanity consists of at least 13 "f" words, while other expletives and colorful phrases are also uttered. Sexually explicit dialogue is present as are some homosexual encounters (with oral sex, anal sex with graphic movement and nudity, boys masturbating each other, etc.) and nudity (bare butts, breasts, pubic hair). Other sexual material involves suggested/off-screen pedophilic material involving a priest having sex with school-age boys. Other bad attitudes are present, including two people who switch a person's drugs so that the victim dies from an ingestion of pure heroin. A priest throws a boy to the floor and one punches a character in the gut and appears to break their neck (but it's just a scene on a film set). Various characters drink and/or smoke, while some use drugs and/or are noted as being drug addicts. Tense family material includes a mother briefly talking about her dead son and how that affected her other son. If you're still concerned about the film and its appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home who may be interested in seeing it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content. ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE Miscellaneous people drink. Enrique states that he drank too much. There's some brief talk of drugs. Ignacio and another man snort what may be speed and/or cocaine (what they call a "speed ball"). Various priests have wine. Enrique is shaky and Ignacio comments on all that Enrique has taken (presumably referring to drugs) and there's a comment about him being high. Miscellaneous people drink in a club. Miscellaneous people drink. Enrique orders a beer. We see actors performing a scene we earlier saw for real where there's a comment about taking a hit and we then see the performer faking snorting something. Ignacio states that he's a junkie. We briefly see a needle going into an arm as a person shoots up drugs. We see a person who's dead from ingesting pure heroin (his head is resting on a typewriter) that was altered by others to kill him. BLOOD/GORE We see a tiny trickle of blood down young Ignacio's face in a flashback. A person looks like they're ready to vomit. We briefly see a needle going into an arm as a person shoots up drugs. DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE Zahara (a man in drag) rapes Enrique while the latter is passed out. The term "fag" is used. Ignacio and another man plot to steal Enrique's bike, but instead steal belongings from a church. Ignacio plots to blackmail Manolo with his story idea based on their past. We see a flashback to young Ignacio with Father Manolo out in the country. We then see the upset boy run out from a bunch of reeds, followed by the priest who adjusts his robe (suggesting he had or tried to have sex with the boy). Enrique says another priest hit kids in the past. Some viewers might not like when young Ignacio states that he doesn't believe in God (saying he's a hedonist but using the wrong term for what he meant). Young Ignacio tells Father Manolo that he'll do anything (meaning sex) to keep the priest from expelling Enrique and he later (as an adult) comments that he sold himself that day. Despite the apparent resultant sex, the priest expels Enrique anyway. There's talk that Ignacio stole from his mother (presumably for his drug habit). Two men plot to kill another with deadly, pure heroin. FRIGHTENING SCENES Scenes listed under "Violence" may be unsettling or suspenseful to some viewers. GUNS/WEAPONS None. IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR Phrases: "Don't be so f*cking touchy," "F*cking faggot," "F*cker," "C*ck teaser," "That's a bummer," "For chrissakes," "Shut up," "Bitch," "Fag," "Scum," "Selfish bastard" and "You're nuts." A miscellaneous person has a Mohawk haircut. Ignacio watches a drag show and wants the best performer to teach him how to play the part. JUMP SCENES None. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) A mild amount of suspenseful music plays in the film. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) None. PROFANITY At least 13 "f" words (2 used sexually as is the term "screwing"), 1 "s" word, 5 slang terms using male genitals ("d*ck" and "c*ck"), 2 for breasts ("t*ts") and 1 hell. SEX/NUDITY We see old Burlesque style shots of "scantly" clad women from long ago, as well as a nude pin-up style shot with flowers or something similar across the woman's chest and crotch area. Enrique states that Ignacio was his first love. A comment is made that there's nothing less erotic than an actor looking for work. We see more old sexy posters (such as above). We see Zahara, a transvestite, transsexual or similar performer doing "her" thing on the stage. The camera focuses on Zahara's clothed butt in a dress and then goes up until we see a bare breast through the see-thru fabric. Enrique suggestively states he can't find his keys, causing Zahara to frisk him in a sexy manner, including having "her" head at his clothed crotch. We then see several shots from later where Zahara is performing oral sex on Enrique (with head movement at the crotch and related sounds, but not the actual contact). Enrique falls asleep during this and Zahara states, "Hey, I'm sucking your d*ck." Moments later, another person asks if Enrique is "well hung," Zahara says he's not bad but is still "hard." That person wants to perform oral sex on Enrique, but Zahara won't let him, making a comment about his lips wearing out earlier. We then see an erection under the sheet and Zahara licks his finger and puts it down to his butt (the contact is not seen), crawls on top of the passed out Enrique and his erection, and then has anal sex on top of him. We see a head and shoulders shot of this as well as a side shot that shows graphic movement and some nudity (bare butts). Ignacio tells another man that he and Enrique groped each other for the first time at their current location. The "f" word is used sexually. We see a flashback to young Ignacio with Father Manolo out in the country. We then see the upset boy run out from a bunch of reeds, followed by the priest who adjusts his robe (suggesting he had or tried to have sex with the boy). We see young Ignacio and young Enrique masturbating each other in a theater (we see hand movement and hear related sounds, but don't see the actual contact). Young Ignacio tells Father Manolo that he'll do anything (meaning sex) to keep the priest from expelling Enrique and he later (as an adult) comments that he sold himself that day. Despite the apparent resultant sex, the priest expels Enrique anyway. Ignacio strips down to his underwear to take a swim and nearly takes that off, but stops when Enrique stares at his crotch. We then see Enrique's bare butt as he gets out of the pool and then see a point of view shot (from Enrique) looking at Ignacio's crotch in his wet underwear. We then see a close-up of Ignacio's bare butt as he pulls up his jeans and then see a front view where those jeans are still unzipped and show pubic hair. After Enrique says that Ignacio is not the same person that he knew, Ignacio retorts if that's "because I'm not sucking your d*ck?" A person is referred to as a "c*ck teaser." We see Enrique and Ignacio having anal sex, first with two single head shots. We then see Enrique down on Ignacio, chest to his back where he embraces him while we see more movement and hear related sounds. Enrique later states that Ignacio "allowed me to penetrate him" but then adds "only physically." A man says he remembers the buttons of a priest's outfit digging into his backbone (referring to a sexual encounter in the past). Ignacio shows cleavage while appearing as a woman. A former priest visits two brothers and states that he desires the younger one. We see Juan on top of Mr. Berenguer, holding a video camera and telling him to take off his shirt. There's kissing, heavy breathing and apparent sex. Ignacio then returns home and interrupts that sexual encounter, although he's not mad about it. We see Juan in some small shorts. Ignacio shows cleavage and asks Manolo if he thinks they're pretty (meaning his realistic looking breasts). Berenguer tells Juan that it would console him to see him "screwing" (referring to Super 8 films). They briefly kiss. Juan asks Enrique if something he did was "just to f*ck me?" SMOKING Enrique smokes at least 8 times, Juan smokes several times, Ignacio smokes once and some miscellaneous characters smoke in several scenes. TENSE FAMILY SCENES A mother talks about her dead son and that the death hit the son's younger brother hard (including that he was the one who found him). TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT Homosexuality. Pedophilic priests. Transsexuals and transvestites. Dealing with one's past (especially if it's troubled). Young Ignacio tells Father Manolo that he'll do anything (meaning sex) to keep the priest from expelling Enrique and he later (as an adult) comments that he sold himself that day. Despite the apparent resultant sex, the priest expels Enrique anyway. VIOLENCE Zahara (a transvestite) rapes Enrique while the latter is passed out. Father Manolo throws young Enrique to the floor while mad at him and young Ignacio. Padre Jose punches Ignacio in the gut and then has some sort of cloth in his mouth to silence him. He then grabs his head and breaks his neck, but we then see that we're on a film set and all of that was faked. We see a person who's dead from ingesting pure heroin (his head is resting on a typewriter) that was altered by others to kill him. Reviewed September 7, 2004 / Posted January 21, 2005

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