sentences:  Aranda had previously adapted two other Marsé novels to the big screen — " La Muchacha de las Bragas de Oro" and "If They Tell You I Fell" — and in 1992 wanted to make a third adaptation from a Marsé novel.Aranda recalled, “Juan Marsé sent me the manuscript of the novel "El Amante Bilingüe," and I liked it.Andres Vicente Gómez, the producer, was not very eager to take on this project; he considered it too regional, very Catalan.