Lovers of the Arctic Circle
1998 · Movie · R · 112 min · ★ 7.3 · 77% critics
Two people meet as children and grow up in the same blended family, their bond deepening into a secret romance. As they move from youth into adulthood, chance encounters and a sense of destiny keep pulling them together, even as grief and separation threaten what they’ve built.
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Details
- Original title
- Los amantes del Círculo Polar
- Years
- 1998
- Release date
- 1998-09-04
- Language
- Spanish
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Critic score
- 77/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (274 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a romantic, fate-and-coincidence story with a dreamy tone and shifting perspectives; Not for you if you dislike slow pacing, melodrama, or ambiguous, open-to-interpretation endings like Roma.
Pros: poetic, dreamlike mood; fate-driven romance; strong emotional pull | Cons: slow, overlong stretches; heavy coincidences; ending feels unresolved
Themes
- first time
- suicide
- sibling relationship
- love of one's life
- becoming an adult
- love at first sight
- pilot
- scandinavia
- coincidence
- fate
- snow
- relationship
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Najwa Nimri
as Young Ana
Fele Martínez
as Young Otto
Nancho Novo
as Álvaro
Maru Valdivielso
as Olga
- SV
Sara Valiente
as Child Ana
Peru Medem
as Child Otto
- KD
Kristel Díaz
as Teenage Ana
- VO
Víctor Hugo Oliveira
as Teenage Otto
Beate Jensen
as Otto's Mother
- RM
Rosa Morales
as Sofía
Directed by Julio Medem