---
title: 'The Bilingual Lover (1993)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vicente Aranda'
released: '1993-04-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-bilingual-lover-1993'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106251/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Bilingual Lover (1993)

1993 · 93 min · Drama, Comedy · Italy, Spain


## Synopsis

The Bilingual Lover 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.

## Credits

- **Editor:** [Teresa Font](https://cinepixo.com/people/teresa-font)
- **Director:** [Vicente Aranda](https://cinepixo.com/people/vicente-aranda)
- **Screenplay:** [Vicente Aranda](https://cinepixo.com/people/vicente-aranda)
- **Original Music Composer:** [José Nieto](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-nieto-2)
- **Producer:** [Andrés Vicente Gómez](https://cinepixo.com/people/andres-vicente-gomez)
- **Director of Photography:** [Juan Amorós](https://cinepixo.com/people/juan-amoros)

## Cast

- [Esperanza Grases](https://cinepixo.com/people/esperanza-grases)
- [Ornella Muti](https://cinepixo.com/people/ornella-muti)
- [Joan Lluís Bozzo i Duran](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-lluis-bozzo-i-duran)
- [Fernando Guillén Cuervo](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-guillen-cuervo)
- [Jordi Dauder](https://cinepixo.com/people/jordi-dauder)
- [Vicky Peña](https://cinepixo.com/people/vicky-pena)
- [Javier Bardem](https://cinepixo.com/people/javier-bardem)
- [Fernando Guillén Gallego](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-guillen-gallego)
- [Teresa Cunillé i Rovira](https://cinepixo.com/people/teresa-cunille-i-rovira)
- [Pep Cruz](https://cinepixo.com/people/pep-cruz)
- [Imanol Arias](https://cinepixo.com/people/imanol-arias)
- [Cesare Gelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesare-gelli)
- [Loles León](https://cinepixo.com/people/loles-leon)
- [Maribel Verdú](https://cinepixo.com/people/maribel-verdu)

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