Maps of Movies

Bad Education (2004)

Where Bad Education says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A story inside a story inside a film: only one school and a few regions of Spain are on record as real filming places

Scenes and places

Enrique's office, Madrid 1980 (1980)

Enrique, a director between projects, receives an actor who says he is his boarding-school friend and first love, and who hands him a short story called 'The Visit'. The story describes their schooldays and a reunion years later.

Set in Enrique's office, Madrid — The film director's office where an unexpected visitor arrives (coordinates are the city centre, not a building). Google Maps · Apple Maps

Madrid is where the film's present-day frame is set; the source names no specific building.

Filmed at Madrid (no specific building named) — The film shot in Madrid; no source names the building for this scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The local cinema (1964)

In the 1964 school story, Ignacio and Enrique go to the local cinema together. What happens there is discovered by the school principal that night.

Set in Local cinema — A cinema where two schoolboys go together; no location is given.

The source gives no real-world location for this cinema.

The Catholic boarding school, 1964 (1964)

At the school, Ignacio, a 10-year-old with a boy soprano voice, draws the attention of Father Manolo, the principal and literature teacher. Ignacio falls in love with his classmate Enrique.

Set in Catholic boarding school for boys — The boys' school where Ignacio, a 10-year-old with a beautiful soprano voice, falls in love with Enrique; no real place is named in the story.

A Catholic boys' boarding school in the 1964 timeline; shot at an old school building in Alella near Barcelona according to one source.

Filmed at Alella, former Pías school building (Maresme, Barcelona) — Spanish Wikipedia names the old Pías school building in Alella as the school location; the coordinates here are Alella town, not the building. Photo shows an Alella building 15 m from the coordinate, not the school. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Zahara and the drunk admirer, 1977 (1977)

In 'The Visit', set in 1977, the drag queen Zahara, born Ignacio, plans to rob a drunken admirer. She discovers he is her boyhood lover Enrique Serrano.

Set in The drunk admirer's room — The room of a drunk admirer whom Zahara plans to rob; no location is given.

No source gives a real-world location for this scene.

Zahara returns to the old school, 1977 (1977)

Stirred by the encounter, Zahara visits her old school to confront Father Manolo. She demands one million pesetas from him in exchange for halting publication of her manuscript.

Set in The old boarding school — Zahara goes back to the school to confront Father Manolo.

The same school as the 1964 scenes, seen thirteen years later.

Filmed at Alella, former Pías school building (Maresme, Barcelona) — Presumed to be the same school building as the 1964 scenes; one source, not confirmed per scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Ignacio's mother's house, Ortigueira (1980)

Suspicious of the visitor, Enrique drives to Ortigueira in Galicia to see Ignacio's mother.

Set in Ortigueira, Galicia — The Galician town where Enrique visits Ignacio's mother (story setting, not a filming spot). Google Maps · Apple Maps

Ortigueira is the story setting; the filming took place near Noia, about 130 km away, according to one source.

Filmed at Near Noia, A Coruña, Galicia — Spanish Wikipedia gives filming in A Coruña province near Noia; the coordinates are the town of Noia, not a house. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The film set (1980)

Enrique casts the visitor in the role of Zahara and shoots the film. A former priest, Manuel Berenguer, visits the set.

Set in The film set — The set of Enrique's film, visited by a former priest; no location is given.

No source gives a real-world location for the film-within-the-film set.

Filmed at Valencia — Not tied to a named scene Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Enrique Goded — A film director in 1980 Madrid looking for his next project.
• Ignacio / Ángel / Zahara — An actor who says he is Enrique's boarding-school friend and first love, and the author of 'The Visit'.
• Father Manolo / Manuel Berenguer — The school principal and literature teacher in the 1964 story.