Filmmaker Almodovar Turns to the Dark Side ; Spanish Director Explores Sex Abuse in 'Bad Education'

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NEW YORK Pedro Almodovar brings a small white pad to an interview, and while he speaks, he quietly sketches a detailed drawing of a pen sitting on the table.

It seems he must always be creating pictures. The images in his latest film, "Bad Education," are some of the Spanish filmmaker's most dramatic yet: a thin line of blood dripping down the center of a young boy's face; a mishmashed printing of typewriter letters after a man's head falls dead on the keys.

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Filmmaker Almodovar Turns to the Dark Side ; Spanish Director Explores Sex Abuse in 'Bad Education'

After 15 years of making mostly bright comedies, Almodovar's last two films, "All About My Mother" and "Talk to Her," garnered him much critical acclaim and an Academy Award for the screenplay of "Talk to He...

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