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EL AMANTE BILINGÜE (Informal English title:THE BILINGUAL LOVER). Vicente Aranda (Extracts of interviews).

EL AMANTE BILINGUE

It is a comedy with quite a few sarcastic and ironic elements, although I wouldn't have any doubts in calling it almost grotesque. It is a film about the change in identity, like many others I have made, about metamorphosis, the concept of masquerade which is perfectly exposed by the carnival-like atmosphere of the film) [...]


The film has another complementary aspect to it, apart from the linguistic one; It is a schizophrenic tour and it also reveals an important thing: the personal problem of the leading character (Joan Marés) whose role is played by Imanol Arias. Bilingualism isn't just a characteristic feature of Catalonia [...]


I have worked a lot with Imanol Arias to come up with an artificial tone. In fact, when the character: Faneca talks the way he does, it is an imitation of the way Paco Rabal used to talk. Imanol speaks in Murciano, which isn't a dialect but a characteristic of the voice. However, the harsh tone including the gestures that go with it have been borrowed from Paco Rabal.


VICENTE ARANDA.