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Bad Education (2004)

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Bad Education, or La Mala Educación is a 2004 Spanish drama film directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez and Daniel Giménez Cacho.The film centers on Ignacio and Enrique, two men who meet again as adults after spending years apart. Ignacio (who goes by Ángel now) is an aspiring actor who wants Enrique to produce and direct his script, "The Visit". Enrique's interest is piqued when Ignacio tells him that "The Visit" is based off of their childhood in Catholic school together, and includes a fictional account of their reunion years later."The Visit" chronicles the story of a transvestite named Zahara, whose real name is Ignacio. Zahara/Ignacio confronts Father Manolo and blackmails him into giving her money in exchange for her guarantee that she will not publish her script, "The Visit", which is an exposé of the abuse she experienced at the hands of Father Manolo as a child. It also includes an account of the boyhood love between Zahara/Ignacio, and his classmate, Enrique.In real life, Enrique agrees to film Ignacio's script, but refuses to give Ignacio the part of Zahara. Ignacio bargains with Enrique for the part, rekindling the relationship they once had as children. Meanwhile, Enrique, who gets curious about Ignacio's past, visits Ignacio's mother to get more insight into what happened in his life.Needless to say, Bad Education contains layers within layers of story, making it a challenge to separate facts from fictional accounts narrated by the characters. The film, which opened the 57th Cannes Film Festival, explores subjects of transexuality and film-making.Not to be confused with BBC comedy Bad Education or Bad Education (2019).
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Framing Device: The script. The inner story is about Ignacio's past and history with Father Manolo and his time as a transvestite. The outer story is about Ángel in the present trying to get Enrique to adapt his script to film.
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She Is All Grown Up
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She Is All Grown Up: Enrique's and Ignacio's reunion as adults has shades of this.
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Not Good with Rejection: Sr Berenguer when Juan refuses to see him.
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Perfect Poison: The pure heroin that ends up killing Ignacio. Since Ignacio was already heavily addicted to it, and when Juan and Berenguer drug him, it just looks like an overdose.
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Attractive Bent-Gender: Gael García Bernal is very pretty as a drag queen.
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Female Gaze: There's a shot where the camera spends a good amount of time focused on Gael García Bernal's crotch. Not that anyone's complaining.
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Most Writers Are Writers: Ignacio writes "The Visit", a film script.
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The Atoner: Juan does this by the end by killing Sr Berenguer.
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Nude-Colored Clothes: This dress, worn by Ignacio during his time as a drag queen.
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Do Not Call Me "Paul": Ignacio insists that Enrique call him "Ángel", his stage name. Although, Ignacio isn't his real name in the first place.
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Rape as Backstory
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Rape as Backstory: A rare unsympathetic male example. Ignacio was molested by Sr Berenguer when he was a child. As an adult, he chooses to blackmail the priest into giving him 1 million pesetas to pay for his heroin addiction and sex change.
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Crossdresser/Drag Queen: Ignacio is a drag queen onstage and a crossdresser off. Later, it's revealed that he's in the process of getting surgery for a sex change.
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Pedophile Priest: Father Manolo/Sr Berenguer, who molested Ignacio when he was a kid.
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Camp Gay: Zahara's friend, who acts much more flamboyant than she does, despite not being a drag queen.
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Uke: The role Juan plays in most of his relationships. He's submissive and compliant to Enrique in a Casting Couch situation where Juan agrees to sleep with Enrique in exchange for a role in Enrique's film. Juan's relationship with Sr Berenguer is similar, since Berenguer is his Sugar Daddy, but Juan is more of a Tsundere in this case. However, this is subverted when it's revealed that Juan is manipulating both of them to get what he wants.
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Karma Houdini: Juan never gets punished for having killed his brother, except for Enrique's What the Hell, Hero? moment. He even gets what he wanted and becomes a successful actor, but was later relegated to television work.
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Based on a True Story
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Based on a True Story: In-universe example in "The Visit". The parts of the script that Enrique adapts really happened, up until the ending. Ignacio didn't die from having his neck broken by Father Manolo. In reality, Ignacio was poisoned by Juan and Sr Berenguer.
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Easy Sex Change: Subverted. Ignacio is prevented from having one because he doesn't have enough money. All he manages to get are breast implants, and he still looks like a man in spite of that.
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"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue: The film ends by recounting what has happened to the three main characters. Enrique releases his film and becomes successful, Juan ends up becoming successful as well, but eventually loses his fame on the silver screen and ends up on TV, and Sr Berenguer is killed in a hit-and-run accident that Juan caused.
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Lost in Character: In a sense, since Juan is only pretending to be his brother, Ignacio. But in the process, Juan ends up involved with the same men Ignacio was with, and ends up dressing up as a transvestite, like Ignacio used to.
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Set Behind the Scenes: The filming of the movie "The Visit" is showed.
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Show Within a Show: In the end, Enrique starts filming "The Visit", a film based on Ignacio's script.
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Willing Suspension of Disbelief: In Ignacio's script, it's difficult to believe that Father Manolo could think that Ignacio in drag looked like Ignacio's sister rather than a man.
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Shout-Out: The use of the song "Moon River" is almost certainly a shout out to Breakfast at Tiffany's, a film that shares the themes of abusive sexual relationships and bartering sex, as well as the device of a writers' blocked writer and a very distinctive color palette.
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Casting Couch: Ángel's deal with Enrique to play Ignacio in "The Visit".
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Cast Full of Gay
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What the Hell, Hero?: Enrique's reaction in learning that Juan helped Father Manolo to murder Ignacio.
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Write Who You Know: In universe example. Ignacio writes a script about his and Enrique's life. Although, he's changed some of the details and left a few unsavory details out completely.
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Incredibly Conspicuous Drag: Averted with Zahara, who makes an effort to adopt feminine mannerisms, hair, and makeup on top of the women's clothing. And then played straight with the real Ignacio, who has stubble and an extremely deep voice.
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Dude, She's Like in a Coma: After the performance at the drag club, Enrique returns back to his hotel room to have sex with Zahara. When Enrique passes out during oral sex, Zahara ends up having intercourse with him while he's asleep.
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