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Bad Education

2004 · 105 min · Director: Pedro Almodóvar ★ IMDb 7.4 · 66,524 ratings

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In the early 60s, two boys - Ignacio and Enrique - discover love, movies and fear in a Christian school. Father Manolo, the school principal and Literature teacher, both witnesses and takes part in these discoveries. The three characters come against one another twice again, in the late 70s and in 1980. These meetings are set to change the life and death of some of them.

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Bad Education (2004) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Confusion 28%, Disturbing 22%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Confusion, Disturbing, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Confusion, Disturbing and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Curiosity
  • Tension
  • Disturbing

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Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Curiosity
Tension
Disturbing
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriosityTensionDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity38 %42 %11 %15 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity41 %40 %16 %19 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Disturbing45 %35 %22 %31 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Curiosity48 %40 %30 %28 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Curiosity55 %53 %45 %28 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Curiosity57 %53 %50 %38 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Empathy56 %41 %49 %40 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Tension66 %37 %60 %51 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Empathy66 %40 %57 %53 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Curiosity56 %49 %46 %34 %
52.5 %≈ 55′Curiosity58 %62 %47 %24 %
57.5 %≈ 60′Curiosity62 %66 %43 %30 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Sadness65 %63 %48 %42 %
67.5 %≈ 71′Tension72 %67 %64 %59 %
72.5 %≈ 76′Curiosity72 %66 %65 %65 %
77.5 %≈ 81′Tension71 %57 %65 %65 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Disturbing79 %53 %75 %75 %
87.5 %≈ 92′Disturbing81 %50 %77 %76 %
92.5 %≈ 97′Tension76 %40 %64 %71 %
97.5 %≈ 102′Disturbing75 %32 %48 %72 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

FM
Fele Martínez

Enrique Goded

Daniel Giménez Cacho

Padre Manolo

Lluís Homar

Sr. Berenguer

FM
Francisco Maestre

Padre José

FB
Francisco Boira

Ignacio

JF
Juan Fernández

Martín

NP
Nacho Pérez

Young Ignacio

RG
Raúl García Forneiro

Young Enrique

AF
Alberto Ferreiro

Enrique Serrano

PM
Petra Martínez

Madre

S
Sandra

Transformista

RH
Roberto Hoyas

Camarero

AA
Agustín Almodóvar

Limpiador Piscina (uncredited)

RF
Robert Forcadell

Man in Public (uncredited)

LL
Luis Lobos Negros

Motero Ochentero (uncredited)

PM
Pol Monen

Niño (uncredited)

SM
Sara Montiel

Soledad (archive footage) (uncredited)

PP
Pau Poch

Niño (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Pedro Almodóvar
Written by
Pedro Almodóvar
Type
Movies
Released
2004
Runtime
105 min
Country
Spain, Belgium
Genres
Drama, Crime
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 66,524 ratings
Feels mostly
Confusion
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