The Bilingual Lover (1993)
- Original title
- El amante bilingüe
- Directed by
- Vicente Aranda
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- Italy, Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- 18
- Rating
- 4.0 of 10 from 24 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man in 1980s Barcelona adopts a double identity to pursue his ex-wife. The film mixes drama and comedy while exploring themes of language and nationalism.
grotesqueironicerotictenseunsettlingdarkly comiccerebral
What happens
The Bilingual Lover (Spanish: El Amante Bilingüe) is a 1993 Spanish film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda and adapted from a novel by Juan Marsé. The film stars Imanol Arias, Ornella Muti and Loles León. The film is a grotesque drama, with some elements of comedy. Set in Barcelona in the 1980s, El Amante Bilingüe takes an ironic approach to Catalan linguistic policies, nationalism and eroticism with a pattern of double identity that was based on elements from the author's life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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