Bad Education

Madrid 1980. Successful director Enrique Serrano has been searching vainly for a subject for his next film when an unannounced visitor suddenly drops in. Enrique does not immediately recognise his former classmate Ignacio, who has come to ask him for a role, and tries to get rid of him, even though he is reminded of the past. But after his departure, he reads the manuscript of the novel Ignacio left him, and memories begin to resurface. They met as boys in a Jesuit college in the 1960s, where they discovered film together, but also love, sex and fear. The witness and main actor of their awakening was then Father Manolo, personifying the two-facedness of the religious institutions of the time. The story, written by Ignacio, intrigues Enrique so much that he begins to search for his former intimate friend. He realises that he has discovered the subject he has been waiting for and is determined to make a film based on it. But he has no idea what revelations his search for his ex-boyfriend will lead him to. Pedro Almodóvar's film screened at Cannes and nominated for five European Film Awards or the BAFTA Award. At 39. KVIFF, the film was presented by actors Fele Martínez and Javier Camara.