Fridae

It is oh-so-hard to describe what Bad Education is all
about. But let it be known this latest magical offering from the
world's best gay director Pedro Almodovar boasts an extraordinary
story that glides, twists and tumbles for all of 109 minutes, throwing
up a multitude of surprises and meanings along the way.

The story begins in 1980 in a Madrid office, where filmmaker Enrique
(Fele Martinez) is desperately looking for inspiration for his next
film, snipping newspaper articles on untimely deaths and bizarre
suicide cases. Out of the blue, a young man called Angel (Gael Garcia
Bernal) enters his office, claiming to be an old Catholic school
friend of Enrique's.

Enrique is speechless. As a student, he was madly in love with
Angel, a baby-faced boy who captivated the whole school with his
ethereal singing voice. But when a priest caught Enrique and Angel
making out, Enrique was expelled.

Now, here in the office, Angel gives Enrique a short story which
he wrote, based on their shared past. The film then goes into an
enactment of the short story, as well as other stories wrapped within
stories — giving you a stream of magical tales that will amaze,
amuse and mystify you, and then break your heart.

From transexuality and paedophilia; to lost loves and suppressed
desires; to the nature of perception and imagined realities and
self-identities — this amazing film explores them all. Make
time to watch it, and it'll stay in your heart for a long time.