Bad Education
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
22 people
Gael García Bernal
Ángel / Juan / Zahara
Known for
Coco
Old
Fele Martínez
Enrique Goded
Known for
Thesis
Alpha Males
Daniel Giménez Cacho
Padre Manolo
Known for
Get the Gringo
Club de Cuervos
Lluís Homar
Sr. Berenguer
Known for
Julia's Eyes
Fermat's Room
Francisco Maestre
Padre José
Known for
The Devil's Backbone
Mutant Action
Francisco Boira
Ignacio
Known for
1992
The Beckoning
Juan Fernández
Martín
Known for
Money Heist
The Legend of El Cid
Nacho Pérez
Young Ignacio
Also in
The Absent
My Life in Ruins
Raúl García Forneiro
Young Enrique
No other roles listed
Javier Cámara
Paca / Paquito
Known for
Talk to Her
The Young Pope
Alberto Ferreiro
Enrique Serrano
Known for
Paco's Men
Madrid, 1987
Petra Martínez
Madre
Known for
La que se avecina
Sleep Tight
Pedro Almodóvar Director · Alberto Iglesias Composer José Luis Alcaine Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $40M · Budget $5M · United States release November 19, 2004
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$40,266,982
Gross vs. budget
8.1×
Production
El Deseo
Production
Netflix
Studio
StudioCanal
Studio · Production
Televisión Española
Production
Spain
Produced in
Languages
Original title
La mala educación
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Latin · Spanish
Release dates
Denmark · March 19, 2004
Theatrical
Spain · March 19, 2004
Theatrical
United States · November 19, 2004
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States · April 12, 2005
Physical · DVD
United States
September 5, 2004 · Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
October 9, 2004 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
November 7, 2004 · Premiere · AFI Film Festival
December 10, 2004 · Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, California
February 11, 2005 · Theatrical
Argentina
October 14, 2004 · Theatrical
Australia
March 24, 2005 · Theatrical
Austria
October 1, 2004 · Theatrical
Belgium
May 12, 2004 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 17, 2004 · Theatrical
Canada
September 14, 2004 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
February 14, 2005 · Theatrical
Chile
October 7, 2004 · Theatrical
Czechia
October 21, 2004 · Theatrical
July 31, 2008 · Physical · DVD, FilmX
Estonia
September 24, 2004 · Theatrical
Finland
September 24, 2004 · Theatrical
France
May 12, 2004 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
May 12, 2004 · Theatrical
November 9, 2005 · TV · Canal + (Séance coup de coeur)
May 21, 2009 · TV · ARTE (Cannes 2009)
June 19, 2019 · Theatrical · re-release
Germany
September 30, 2004 · Theatrical
Greece
October 1, 2004 · Theatrical
Hungary
September 9, 2004 · Theatrical
Israel
July 1, 2004 · Theatrical
Italy
October 8, 2004 · Theatrical
Japan
April 9, 2005 · Digital
Kazakhstan
August 26, 2004 · Theatrical
Latvia
September 3, 2004 · Theatrical
Luxembourg
May 14, 2004 · Theatrical
Mexico
September 10, 2004 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 26, 2004 · Theatrical
Poland
September 3, 2004 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 27, 2004 · Theatrical
Russia
June 22, 2004 · Premiere · Moscow Film Festival
June 24, 2004 · Theatrical
November 18, 2021 · Theatrical · re-release
South Korea
September 17, 2004 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 24, 2004 · Theatrical
Switzerland
May 12, 2004 · Theatrical · French
May 13, 2004 · Theatrical · German
Türkiye
October 15, 2004 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 21, 2004 · Theatrical
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