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BAD EDUCATION
2004, Spain, dir. Pedro Almodovar, 106 mins



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Originally written for the Perverts newsletter 04/28/25

If the first three films on this bill focused on the urge, this last one centers the consequence. Bad Education takes us into the mind of an adult victim of child sexual abuse, chronicling the manifestations of her trauma and the potency of memory. It is a layered meta-narrative, a retelling of a trans woman’s trauma through multiple voices and perspectives. It weaves a quilt of representation, the result of which surveys how action determines the paths our desires can lead us.

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