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- Title
Painful Embodiment in Aisling Walsh's Song for a Raggy Boy and Pedro Almodóvar's Bad Education.
- Authors
PÉREZ-VIDES, AUXILIADORA; CARRASCO-CARRASCO, ROCÍO
- Abstract
The article offers film criticism of the motion pictures "Song for a Raggy Boy," directed by Aisling Walsh, and "Bad Education," directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Topics include the portrayals of male bodies in the films, the depictions of the victimization of boys in Irish reformatories and industrial schools in Walsh's film, and the depiction of sexual abuse and pain in Almodóvar's film.
- Subjects
SONG for a Raggy Boy (Film); BAD Education (Film); WALSH, Aisling; ALMODOVAR, Pedro, 1949-; MASCULINITY in motion pictures; HUMAN body in motion pictures; CHILD sexual abuse in motion pictures; SUFFERING in motion pictures
- Publication
Journal of Film & Video, 2015, Vol 67, Issue 1, p14
- ISSN
0742-4671
- Publication type
Film/Television Criticism
- DOI
10.5406/jfilmvideo.67.1.0014