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The Bilingual Lover (1993)

Joan Mares obsession for the lovely and luscious Norma Valenti takes epic proportions because he cannot let go of her. After he is injured by some skin heads, he uses his scars to pursue his life as a street musician. He devices a plan to get to Norma and she never catches on to his deceit, except she realizes that as Juan Faneca his performance in bed is exactly what she had experienced with Joan Mares because she concludes they were taught sex by the same prostitute.

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Top billed cast

Imanol AriasJuan
Ornella MutiNorma
Loles LeónVicenta
Javier BardemLimpiabotas
Maribel VerdúChica violín (uncredited)
Joan Lluís BozzoValls Verdú
Pep CruzCuxot
Arnau VilardebóSerafín
Ricard BorràsLobo
Jordi DauderFeisal

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