Mala educación, La (2004)

Director:

Pedro Almodóvar

Writer:

Pedro Almodóvar (writer)

Release Date:

19 March 2004 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.

Plot Keywords:

Evil Priest | Catholic Priest | Education | School | Gay Interest

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 11 wins & 30 nominations

Cast

Gael García Bernal	...	Ángel / Juan / Zahara
Fele Martínez	...	Enrique Goded
Daniel Giménez Cacho	...	Padre Manolo
Lluís Homar	...	Sr. Manuel Berenguer
Francisco Maestre	...	Padre José
Francisco Boira	...	Ignacio
Juan Fernández	...	Martín
Nacho Pérez	...	Ignacio (as Ignacio Pérez)
Raúl García Forneiro	...	Enrique (as Raúl Gª Forneiro)
Javier Cámara	...	Paca / Paquito
Alberto Ferreiro	...	Enrique Serrano
Petra Martínez	...	Madre
Sandra
Roberto Hoyas	...	Camarero
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pedro Almodóvar	...	Enrique's pool attendant (uncredited)
Sara Montiel	...	Soledad (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pau Poch	...	Niño (uncredited)
Leonor Watling	...	Mónica (uncredited)

Directed by
Pedro Almodóvar

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Pedro Almodóvar		writer

Produced by
Agustín Almodóvar	....	producer
Pedro Almodóvar	....	producer
Esther García	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Alberto Iglesias

Cinematography by
José Luis Alcaine

Film Editing by
José Salcedo

Casting by
Joserra Cadiñanos

Art Direction by
Antxón Gómez

Set Decoration by
Pilar Revuelta

Costume Design by
Paco Delgado
Jean-Paul Gaultier

Makeup Department
Juan Casado	....	additional hair stylist: second unit
Rosa Castillón	....	additional hair stylist: second unit (as Rosita Castillón)
Vicent Gaya	....	additional hair stylist: Valencia (as Vicenta Gaya)
Pepito Juez	....	hair stylist
Carolina López	....	second assistant makeup artist
María Carmen López	....	additional makeup artist
Ana Lozano	....	makeup artist
Natalia Montoya	....	additional makeup artist
Mariló Osuna	....	additional makeup artist
Peter Owen	....	wig maker
María Elena Pérez	....	additional hair stylist
Suzanne Stokes-Munton	....	wig maker
Karol Tornaria	....	assistant hair stylist (as Carolina Tornaria)
Karol Tornaria	....	assistant makeup artist (as Carolina Tornaria)
Caroline Turner	....	wig maker
Jessica Williams	....	wig maker

Production Management
Susana Asenjo	....	assistant production manager
Sergio Díaz	....	assistant production manager
Veronica Diaz	....	assistant production manager
Concha Fontenla	....	assistant production manager trainee
Esther García	....	unit production manager
Toni Novella	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alicia Fdez. Alberdi	....	trainee assistant director (as Alicia Fernández)
Adolfo Bellido	....	third assistant director
Jorge Dorado	....	second assistant director (as Jorge C. Dorado)
Ainara Gamero	....	second assistant director (as Ainhara Gamero)
Patricia Guadaño	....	third assistant director
David Martínez	....	assistant director

Art Department
Inés Aparicio	....	assistant decorator
Federico G. Cambero	....	set decorator coordinator (as Federico García Cambero)
Jordi Carrasco	....	props: Valencia
Enrique Chirivella	....	props: Valencia
Gabriel del Boca	....	assistant graphic designer: Studio Gatti
Vincent Diaz	....	property master (as Vicent Díaz)
M.A. Faura	....	property master: Barcelona
Alexandra Fernández	....	assistant set decorator: Galicia
Toni Fuertes	....	property master: Valencia
Toni Fuster	....	assistant property master: Valencia
Enrique García	....	construction coordinator
Joseba Garmendia	....	second assistant set decorator: second unit
Juan Gatti	....	graphic designer
Josean Goya	....	props: second unit
Carlos Grané	....	props: second unit
Quique Gutiérrez	....	props (as Enrique Gutiérrez)
Mikel Izaguirre	....	props
Rafael Jannone	....	assistant set decorator: Valencia
Mara Matey	....	assistant set decorator
Mónica Monedero	....	assistant set decorator: second unit
Alejandro Pavón	....	props
Rubén Rivas	....	graphic designer
Iñaki Rubio	....	property master
Germans Salvador	....	upholstery: Barcelona (as Germáns Salvador)
Alberto Sánchez-Cabezudo	....	storyboard artist (as Alberto Sánchez Cabezudo)
Juan E. Sánchez	....	assistant graphic designer: Studio Gatti (as Juan Sánchez)
Juan Ignacio Viñuales	....	props

Sound Department
José Antonio Bermúdez	....	sound mixer
Manuel Corrales	....	sound effects (as Manolo Corrales)
Jaime Fernández-Cid Buscató	....	boom operator (as Jaime Fernández-Cid)
Diego Garrido	....	assistant sound editor
Diego Garrido	....	assistant sound mixer
Manolo Laguna	....	assistant sound editor (as Manuel Laguna)
Ruth Márquez	....	assistant boom operator
Rosa Ortiz	....	sound editor
Joaquín Pizarro	....	sound mixing assistant
Miguel Rejas	....	direct sound
Iván Mayoral	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Mónica Alarcón	....	special effects makeup: DDT Efectos Especiales
Xavi Bastida	....	special effects makeup: DDT Efectos Especiales
Félix Cordón	....	special effects: F&P, S.L.
David Martí	....	special effects makeup: DDT Efectos Especiales
Montse Ribé	....	special effects makeup: DDT Efectos Especiales

Visual Effects by
Sara Alavés	....	visual effects producer
Nike Alonso	....	visual effects producer
Jorge Calvo	....	visual effects supervisor
Juanjo Carretero	....	scanner operator
María Carretero	....	digital artist
Óscar Cerdán	....	optical effects
Bruno de la Calva	....	visual effects: post-production
Eduardo Díaz	....	visual effects: post-production
Juancho Fernández	....	visual effects: post-production
Tomás González	....	visual effects: post-production
Iván López	....	visual effects: post-production
Carlos Martínez	....	optical effects
Johnny Raphael	....	digital artist (as Johnny Raphael Sardi)
Rubén Rivas	....	digital artist
Rubén Sanz	....	visual effects producer
Jesus Lavin	....	digital effects artist: MadPix (uncredited)
Luisma Lavin	....	digital effects artist: MadPix (uncredited)
Pablo Urrutia	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Fernando Beltrán	....	gaffer
Jorge Asenjo Burgos	....	additional electrician (as Jorge Asenjo)
Silvia Camacho	....	video technician
Miguel Cano	....	additional electrician
Albert Carreras	....	camera operator: second unit (as Alberto Carreras)
Natalia Cedres	....	video technician: second unit
Roberto Cuadrado	....	electrician trainee: Galicia unit
José Ramón Delgado	....	assistant camera
Alfredo Díaz	....	key grip
Carlos García	....	additional electrician
Toni García	....	assistant camera: second unit
Juan Carlos Gorriz	....	assistant camera: second unit
Luis Lattanzi	....	camera trainee
Diego López Calvin	....	still photographer
Diego López	....	still photographer
Joaquín Manchado	....	camera operator
Raúl Manchado	....	second assistant camera
José Molero	....	grip
José Morales	....	electrician trainee: Galicia unit
Enrique Pérez	....	electrician
Juan Pompas	....	additional electrician
Fernando Requera	....	electrician trainee
Antonio Rodríguez	....	second assistant camera: second unit (as Toni Rodríguez)
Albert Roige	....	camera operator: second unit
Alberto Sánchez Beltrán	....	electrician (as Alberto Sánchez)
Marcelino San Eugenio	....	electrician (as Marcelo San Eugenio)
Gemma Silvestre	....	video technician: second unit
César Villalba	....	second assistant camera: second unit

Casting Department
Ana Sanz	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ana Cuerda	....	costume supervisor
Sonia Isla	....	wardrobe
Pepe Reyes	....	costume supervisor
Macarena Ribera	....	additional wardrobe: Valencia
Marina Rodríguez	....	wardrobe: second unit
Paola Torres	....	second costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Yolanda Cáceres	....	color timer
Felisa Catalinas	....	negative cutter
Diego Garrido	....	assistant editor
Lionel Hustaix	....	color timer
Manolo Laguna	....	assistant editor (as Manuel Laguna)
Ascen Marchena	....	post-production

Music Department
Tito Alcedo	....	musician: guitar
Chris Barrett	....	assistant music recording engineer
Óscar Boada	....	chorus director
Javier Casado	....	music co-producer
Javier Casado	....	musician: piano
Ángel Crespo	....	musician: percussion
Javier Crespo	....	musician: guitar
José Luis Crespo	....	music mixer engineer
José Luis Crespo	....	music recording engineer
Luis Augusto Da Fonseca	....	musician: counterbass
Alejandro Domínguez	....	musician: violin
Arnau Farré	....	musician: organ
Pavel Gomziakov	....	musician: cello
Alberto Iglesias	....	conductor: London Session Orchestra
Sonia Lozano	....	assistant music producer
Ara Malikian	....	musician: violin
Julia Malkova	....	musician: viola
Victor Merlo	....	musician: counterbass (as Víctor Merlo)
Teresa Pont	....	musical agent
Raúl Quilez	....	additional music mixer
Raúl Quilez	....	additional music recordist
Jordi Rigol	....	musician: piano
Lluís Rigol	....	musician: piano
José Miguel San Bartolomé	....	musician: trumpet
Bob Sands	....	musician: saxophon (as Bob Sands)
Zograb Tatevosyal	....	musician: second violin
Tibor Toth	....	musician: counterbass
Martín Verde	....	music copyist
Gavyn Wright	....	musician: concertino (as Gavin Wright)

Transportation Department
Miguel Antequera	....	transportation coordinator: Valencia
Antonio Barrio	....	driver: director
Ángel Megino	....	transportation coordinator (as Megino)

Other crew
Bárbara Peiró Aso	....	public relations: international
Rosa María Aznar	....	runner (as Rosa Aznar)
Alberto Barrera	....	location manager: Valencia
Nuria Benito	....	administration staff: Galicia
Óscar Benito	....	administration staff: Galicia
Luis Berdejo	....	script trainee (as Luiso Berdejo)
Yuyi Beringola	....	script supervisor
Alejo Bruna	....	runner: second unit
Rubén Bueno	....	set runner trainee: Galicia unit
Raquel Castillero	....	production assistant: Barcelona
Luz Chouza	....	production assistant: Galicia
Cristina Cordero	....	administration staff: Galicia unit
Pepe Cruz	....	laboratory director (as José Cruz)
Alberto Cuesta	....	runner
Daniel Díaz	....	runner: second unit
Veronica Diaz	....	production assistant
Adela Donamaría	....	production secretary
Concha Doñaque	....	coach: Spanish
Xabier Eirís	....	location manager: Galicia unit (as Xavier Eiris)
Teresa Elías	....	administration staff: Galicia unit
Luis Fabregas	....	runner: second unit
Mariola Fuentes	....	acting coach
Covadonga R. Gamboa	....	production coordinator
Carlos García	....	additional production assistant: Valencia unit
Lola García	....	executive assistant to director
Lola García	....	head production office
Mauricio Diaz Ginato	....	coordinator to executive producer (as Mauricio Díaz Ginato)
Javier Giner	....	assistant to director
Iván Gómez	....	location manager: Barcelona unit
Antonio González	....	additional production assistant: Valencia unit
Beatriz Gordo	....	payroll
Antonio Goyanes	....	story manager
Israel Goyanes	....	story manager
Javier Hernanz Zajara	....	engineer
Rafael Hostelería	....	caterer
Esther Jiménez	....	additional production assistant: Valencia unit
Javier López	....	engineer
José Lozano	....	additional production assistant: Valencia
Christain Mallol	....	runner: second unit
Pere Molero	....	additional production assistant: Valencia
Yuriria Montero	....	production secretary
Roberto Murillo	....	religious advisor
Francisco Navarro	....	additional production assistant: Valencia
Josep Oliver i Valls	....	gardener: Barcelona
Rafael Pajares	....	production assistant
Diego Pajuelo	....	financial advisor
Marc Pastor	....	additional production assistant: Valencia unit
María de los Angeles Paul	....	additional production assistant: Valencia unit (as María Ángeles Paul)
Tato Perdiguero	....	location manager
María Elena Piquer	....	additional production assistant: Valencia
Carlota Planas	....	legal advisor
Norman Portell	....	runner: second unit
Santiago Ramírez	....	additional production assistant: Valencia
Laura Ripio	....	administration staff: Galicia
Alfredo Robles	....	runner
Federico Rozadillas	....	production assistant
Javier Ruiz	....	administrative assistant
María Paz Sancho	....	receptionist
Silvia Sancho	....	payroll assistant
Sandra	....	coach
Abel Sellares	....	runner: second unit
Rosa María Serrano	....	press assistant
Xabier Soler	....	runner: second unit
Paz Sufrategui	....	press attache
Daniel Thomas	....	runner: second unit
Lluís Thomas	....	runner: second unit
María Isabel Toribio	....	additional production assistant: Valencia
Max Trullas	....	runner: second unit
Carlos Uceda	....	set runner trainee: Galicia
Óscar Valero	....	financial director
Arnald Villadomat	....	runner: second unit
Jordi Villagras Creus	....	gardener: Barcelona
Arancha Yusti	....	financial assistant
John Charles	....	software engineer: Sony DAC (uncredited)
Michelle Dunton	....	script researcher (uncredited)

Thanks
Guillermo Alonso del Real	....	thanks
Felipe Álvaro	....	thanks
Antoni Andreu	....	thanks
Gisele Arce	....	thanks
Javier Benito	....	thanks
Gene Cabaleiro	....	thanks
Paco Casado	....	thanks
Beatriz Fernández Castro	....	thanks
Pedro Costa	....	thanks
Francisco Delgado	....	special thanks
Pedro Díaz	....	thanks
Adolfo Domínguez	....	thanks
Natacha Fernández	....	thanks (as Natacha Fernández Galindo)
Juan Flahn	....	special thanks
Joan Garcés	....	thanks
Carlos García Cambero	....	special thanks
Esther García	....	special thanks
Lola García	....	special thanks
Juan Gatti	....	special thanks
Mauricio Diaz Ginato	....	special thanks (as Mauricio Díaz)
Javier Giner	....	special thanks
Julia Goytisolo	....	thanks
Amalia Hermo	....	special thanks
Rosario Herraz	....	thanks
Lala Huete	....	thanks
Fernando Iglesias	....	special thanks
Manuel Jodar	....	thanks
José Luis López-Linares	....	special thanks
Javier Marco	....	thanks
Javier Mariscal	....	thanks
Teresa Mateos-Cañero	....	thanks
Víctor Molero	....	special thanks
Francis Montesinos	....	thanks
Sara Montiel	....	thanks
José Luis Muñoz	....	thanks
Joaquín Notario	....	special thanks
Francisca Pajuelo	....	special thanks
Luis Pardo	....	thanks
Lola Redolli	....	thanks
Jesús Robles	....	special thanks
Blanca Sánchez	....	thanks
Amparo Sanmartín	....	thanks
Mariano Sastre	....	thanks
Jesús Silva	....	thanks
Beatriz Uría Gutiérrez	....	thanks
Ana Vilches	....	thanks
Leonor Watling	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Canal+ España
• El Deseo S.A.
• Televisión Española (TVE)

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox (2004) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (Netherlands)
• EDKO Film (2004) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Focus Features (international sales)
• GAGA Communications (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Gutek Film (2004) (Poland) (all media)
• Hollywood Classic Entertainment (Czech Republic)
• Medyavizyon (2004) (Turkey) (all media)
• Mongrel Media (2004) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Odeon S.A. (2004) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Paradise Group (2004) (Russia) (all media)
• Pathé (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Classics (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (USA) (video)
• TOBIS Film (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2004) (Italy) (all media)
• Warner Sogefilms S.A. (Spain)

Special Effects

• F & P S.L.

Other Companies

• 2001  extras casting
• Amalgama  electrical equipment
• Cinetel  electrical equipment
• Cornejo  costumes
• Cámara Rent Internacional S.A.  camera equipment
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Enelmo  generator
• Estudios Cinearte  sound editing
• Molinare  visual effects

Also Known As:

Bad Education (International: English title)
Visitas, Las (Spain) (original script title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content throughout, language and some drug use. (special edition)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish | Latin

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Portugal:M/16 | New Zealand:R16 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Brazil:18 | Hungary:16 | Taiwan:R-18 | Germany:12 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 | Japan:R-15 | Mexico:C | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Poland:15 | Singapore:R21 (cut) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:NC-17 | USA:R (special edition) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Escuela Pías de Alella, Alella, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

Canal+ España

Trivia:

Originally rated NC-17 in the States. An oral sex scene was blurred to obtain an R rating.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Manuel Berenguer claims giving a Walkman to Juan as a gift. According to the plot, this was before Ignacio's death in 1977. The Walkman was introduced to the market in 1979.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Sandra o Luis (2005)

Soundtrack:

Cuore Matto

Very dark

It is a very good film, although not as absolutely great as "Todo sobre my madre" and "Hable con ella"... Maybe because "Mala education" is sadder and darker than the previous Almodòvar films, the theme (the child abuse during college years) is disturbing and depressing, of course.

Almodòvar chooses this time a "noir" story. Enrique, a young movie director, looks for ideas for his next film. By chance he meets Ignacio, an old fellow of the college and his first love. Ignacio gives him a tale written by him, about the sexual abuses on him made by a priest during his childhood, in the college. This will be the inspiration for Enrique's movie, but the director will discover another dramatic truth...

In this film the gay element -which exists in all the Almodòvar's movies- comes back, stronger than in his last films. But above all there's the child rape problem, this is one of the most delicate themes the Spanish director has ever talked about. And naturally "Mala educacion" is one of his most tragic films. Whereas in the previous movies Almodòvar always let a place for hope, with this film it's not the case. That's why it is a very difficult tale to watch.

Cinematography is excellent, the music as well (with many recalls to the Sixties songs). Actors are also very good. For Gael Garcia Bernal (we saw him recently in "Motorcycle diaries") this is another solid effort. He portrays Ignacio, he enters the Almodòvar world with all the ambiguity required.