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Bad Education
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Title: Bad Education

Release Date: 19 Mar 2004

Runtime: 1h 45m

Genre: Drama, Crime

Director: Canal+ España, El Deseo, TVE, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales, MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Production Companies: Canal+ España, El Deseo, TVE, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales, MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Overview: Two children, Ignacio and Enrique, know love, the movies and fear in a religious school at the beginning of the 1960s. Father Manolo, director of the school and its professor of literature, is witness to and part of these discoveries. The three are followed through the next few decades, their reunion marking life and death.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.373 (959 votes)

Cast

  • Ángel / Juan / Zahara: Gael García Bernal
  • Enrique Goded: Fele Martínez
  • Padre Manolo: Daniel Giménez Cacho
  • Sr. Berenguer: Lluís Homar
  • Padre José: Francisco Maestre
  • Ignacio: Francisco Boira
  • Martín: Juan Fernández
  • Young Ignacio: Nacho Pérez
  • Young Enrique: Raúl García Forneiro
  • Paca / Paquito: Javier Cámara
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