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Q- That sounds like Stockholm syndrome.
A- No. It sounds like I don’t seek to settle things down with anybody in special, after all this time. I’m a film writer and director. To me, F. Manolo is just a character, not a weapon I can throw against the Catholic Church –it’s got plenty of issues already. If my aim were to criticize the clergy, all I’d need to do is to recall the recent statements pronounced regarding violence at home. To say that the women’s liberation of the sixties accounts for today’s murders in the hands of husbands is one of the greatest insults I’ve heard for women. And, if bishops feel confident enough to say these kinds of things, that’s because they find it suitable in the current political atmosphere. But that’s a different subject, a serious one –it does worry me, but falls into a different field from the "La mala educación" press book.
I didn’t create F. Manolo and its reflection Mr Berenguer as a means of offence against the church –they are just elements that help me deals with two of the multiple sides of passion. When F. Manolo is interpreted by Daniel Gimenez Cacho, the passion he feels for the boy and his harassment make n executioner out of him. When he turns into Mr Berenguer and falls in love with Juan, the very same terrible character plays the opposite role in the passion roulette –he becomes the victim now.
There would be no film without these two characters, which are just one, and neither without the incarnation performed by Daniel Gimenez Cacho and Lluis Homar, respectively. Despite they’re both veterans, they have become two great discoveries for me. I know I’ll never acknowledge their lack of prejudice appropriately, their soundness and unlimited disposition to please the demands of such an insatiable director as myself.

Q- How about the rest of the cast?
A- They are all fantastic. Fele Martinez, Fran Boira, the kids, Javier Camara, Paco Maestre, Alberto Ferreiro, Petra Martinez and, of course, Gael. It’s a miracle to find the right actors, especially when you don’t know anyone except Javier and Fele.