Review of Bad Education (2004) by Alice C — 14 Jun 2008

A film with a very delicate subject but treated maturely. One of the strongest performance of gael garcia bernal, I officially love him, hehehe.

This review of Bad Education (2004) was written by Alice C on 14 Jun 2008.

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