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Lovers of the Arctic Circle

Original title: Los amantes del Círculo Polar · Turkish title: Kutup Çizgisi Aşıkları

“Destiny cannot be denied.”

1998 · 1 h 52 min
Directed by Julio Medem
DramaMysteryRomance

Cast

Fele Martínez Najwa Nimri Nancho Novo

Credits

Written by: Julio Medem

Plot

Otto and Ana meet as children in Madrid, when his father and her mother start a relationship, and are separated. Their lives are connected by chance across the years in a series of coincidences and circular patterns, until they meet again in Finland, under the midnight sun. Julio Medem's 1998 film is a romantic puzzle that plays with fate and repetition.

Sinekatalog’s take

Julio Medem's love story is built on coincidences and palindromes across decades. Intricate, romantic and dreamlike, it is a bewitching puzzle about fate, with Najwa Nimri unforgettable.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (21,005 votes)
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