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Bad Education (Spanish: La mala educación) is a 2004 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho and Lluís Homar, the film focuses on two reunited childhood friends (and lovers) in the vein of a murder mystery. Sexual abuse by Catholic priests, transsexuality, drug use, and a metafiction are also important themes and devices in the plot, which led the MPAA to give the film an NC-17 rating.
The film was released on 19 March 2004 in Spain and 10 September 2004 in Mexico. It was also screened at many international film festivals such as Cannes, New York, Moscow and Toronto before its US release on November 19, 2004.
The film received excellent reviews, and was seen as a return to Almodovar's dark stage, placing it alongside films such as Matador (1986) and Law of Desire (1987).
In Madrid in 1980, Enrique Goded, a young film director, is looking for his next project when he receives the unexpected visit of an actor looking for work. The actor claims to be Enrique's boarding school friend and first love, Ignacio Rodriguez. Ignacio, who is using now the name Ángel Andrade, has brought with him a short story titled "The Visit" hoping that Enrique would be interested in making a film out of it giving him the starring role. Enrique is intrigued since "The Visit" described their time together at the Catholic school and it also includes a fictionalized account of their reunion many years later as adults.
oh, pretty boy
you found it hard to really find out what felt right
you wanna be a pretty girl, you hunt at night
the streets, your urgency to bleed
you bruised up both your knees
while rifling through women's jeans
cause the attraction's always high
sparkle in the sparkle fire
the grittiest of grimes, your clothes are ruined
you're running in the wild, almost carrying a child
you got your kite so high, I think you flew it
I know it, I think you knew it
now it's all bad education
feeling fine, I'm feeling patient
girls and boys and full frustration
st. valentine, I think I taste it
tugging at the seatbelt
I'm jumping out the saddle
I'm shuffling my feet around
I'm kneeling at the steeple
will my heart teeter, tatter?
Iâ'm a believer, I'm solid matter
oh, pretty girl
you turned it on, you turned it out, it all felt off
that's how it is, that's how it was
you searched it all so well, underwater in a well
you smeared on cool lips while checking off a checked off list
the situation's never kind, feathering a dance-hall stride
you're playing with the craziest locomotive
you broke your fingers in the climb
scuffed the ball, you're pretty shy
you've got your air so thin
I think you blew it, did I blow it?
you fell into it
now it's all bad education
feeling fine, I'm feeling patient
girls and boys and full frustration
st. valentine, I think I taste it
tugging at the seatbelt
I'm jumping out the saddle
I'm shuffling my feet around
I'm kneeling at the steeple
will my heart teeter, tatter?
I'm a believer, I'm solid matter
hey, I think I faked it, oh did I fake it?
oh boy, you look so good
oh, when you fake it
hey, I think I made it, oh did I make it?
you tried so hard, boy, you better make it
I think I'll take it, oh, should I take it?
oh, pretty girl, I don't think you can take it
I think I hate it, oh, do I hate it?
I taste it, I taste it
now it's all bad education
feeling fine, I'm feeling patient
girls and boys and full frustration
st. valentine, I think I taste it
tugging at the seatbelt
I'm jumping out the saddle
I'm shuffling my feet around
I'm kneeling at the steeple
I'm tugging at the seatbelt
I'm jumping out the saddle
I'm shuffling my feet around
I'm kneeling at the steeple
I hope you feel it in your hands
I hope you feel it in your hands
I hope you feel it in your hands