I thought it was still Almodovar's style of extreme love and hatred, and there was no shortage of plump women wearing Chanel. However, I didn't expect that the only woman who appeared was Ignacio's mother. Still, this is a movie about "love".
"Bad Education" should be a film that is out of touch with Almodovar's style all the time. Some say it's Almodovar's autobiography. I don't quite understand why once a director's role appears in a movie, it must be the director's autobiography? Let's call it a gimmick.
However, it's still a good movie.
I've seen same-sex love movies, and the one that impressed me the most was not "Happy Together", but "Subversive School" ("The Big School"). Because, behind that, the director is talking about the existence of the entire middle class. And Almodovar's "Bad Education" is the same, but hidden behind it is the history of Spain.
I don't like to raise a movie to the political level, but it is undeniable that if you want to understand a movie more deeply, you must read it in the context of history.
In 1964, it was Spain under Franco, and it was an era when the Church represented divine authority. A time when the priests did whatever they wanted in the name of God. At the end of the play, when the teachers kill Ignacio, there is a dialogue:
"No one knew we killed him."
"God knows."
"But he was on our side.
" Juanacio's younger brother, Juan, who was still playing the older brother in his name at the time, once told Enrique that the ending was too cruel.
But he still accepted the ending. After Enrique called "ka", he got up from his chair and cried.
At this time, Ignacio's image is affectionate, beautiful, and even noble, as all those who have loved him have always believed in it. Juan burned everything he had, but he still kept the image of Ignacio.
However, there is always someone to destroy it.
When the preacher of bad education, the priest, sat in front of Enrique, he said, "When I opened the door, Ignacio was no longer the man we loved."
He was no longer the one sitting on the lake On the grass by the side, he sang "Moon River" with a clear voice, and he was not the one who stood in the center of the stage and sang "quzis" in a sexy pose... But is he really not him?
His last words to Enrique: "I think, I succeeded..."
Did he succeed? Maybe Juan was the one who really did what he wanted, he ended Ignacio's life, and he helped him end the priest's life. for whomever.
Ignacio has always loved Enrique, but, perhaps, Enrique is not worthy of his love.
My words are not enough to describe this movie. It's not a typical Almodovar movie, but it's the one he's always wanted to make. When a story has been accumulated for many years and finally formed into an entity, it is not enough to express all the director wants to tell, but "Bad Education" is still a movie worth watching.
Even if it's just those beautiful people, or those stunning Spanish landscapes.
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