The Bilingual Lover
| El Amante Bilingüe | |
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| Directed by | Vicente Aranda |
| Written by | Vicente Aranda |
| Produced by | Andrés Vicente Gómez |
| Starring | Imanol Arias Ornella Muti Loles León Javier Bardem |
| Cinematography | Juan Amorós |
| Edited by | Teresa Font |
| Music by | José Nieto |
Production company | Lola Films |
| Distributed by | United International Pictures |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Countries | Spain Italy |
| Languages | Spanish Catalan |
| Budget | P163,969,792 |
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.