Bad Education is a noir inflected drama that combines fragments from 1964, 1977, and 1980. The central character is a filmmaker adapting schoolfriend’s short story about events that happened to both of them in the 1960s in a boarding school run by abusive priests. In this lecture, we will explore the filmic creation of memory, how one reimagines the collective past, and use and abuse of nostalgia in fictional and cinematic forms.

Film Studies: Looking back at Pedro Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar looking back

Four film screenings and four lectures exploring the development and influences of the oeuvre of Spain’s best-known film director: Pedro Almodóvar. This programme will be delivered by Dr Ana María Sánchez-Arce (Associate Professor, Sheffield Hallam University).

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Director Pedro Almodóvar
Year 2004
Duration 1h 46m
Language Spanish with English subtitles
Cast Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho