Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998) ( Los Amantes del Círculo Polar )

Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Los Amantes del Círculo Polar
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Goya Awards
Toronto International Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Dolby Linear PCM )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
108 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Production Notes
Scene Access
Special Edition
Trailer(s)
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1998 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Julio Medem

Written By:
Julio Medem

Actors:
Najwa Nimri ..... Ana joven
Fele Martínez ..... Otto joven
Nancho Novo ..... Padre de Otto (Álvaro)
Maru Valdivielso ..... Madre de Ana (Olga)
Peru Medem ..... Otto niño
Sara Valiente ..... Ana niña
Víctor Hugo Oliveira ..... Otto adolescente
Kristel Díaz ..... Ana adolescente
Pep Munné ..... Javier
Jaroslav Bielski ..... Álvaro Midelman
Rosa Morales ..... Sofía
Joost Siedhoff ..... Otto Midelman
Beate Jensen ..... Madre de Otto
Petri Heino ..... Aki
Outi Alanen ..... Post messanger girl

Synopsis:

Julio Medem directed this romantic Spanish drama with location scenes in Finland. School children Ana (Sara Valiente) and Otto (Peru Medem) are brought together when a paper airplane flown from a window by Otto unites Ana's mother Olga (Maru Valdiviesio) with Otto's father Alvaro (Nancho Novo). After this encounter, Olga and Alvaro fall in love -- with the result that Alvaro leaves Otto's German mother Ula (Beate Jensen). To be near Ana, Otto begins living with Alvaro and Olga. Ana believes that Otto harbors the soul of her dead father. As adolescents, Otto (Fele Martinez) and Ana (Najwa Nimri) share a kiss over a book opened to a passage about the Arctic Circle, and they often sleep together. Otto is grief-stricken by the death of his mother - partially due to his leaving her for Ana. Shown at 1998 film festivals (Venice, Toronto).

A passionate and secret love story as told separately by Ana and Otto, from the age of eight until the age of twenty-five. Ana and Otto are profoundly moved by each others presence in their lives, and for both of them the rest of the world is irrelevant. It all starts in 1980, when after school Ana and Otto start to run for different reasons… Since that afternoon when the world escaped their grasp, the lives of Ana and Otto intertwine in a single circle that will begin to close seventeen years later, in Finland, on the very edge of the Arctic Circle.

Otto and Ana are kids when they meet each other. Their names are palindromes. They meet by chance, people are related by chance. A story of circular lives, with circular names, and a circular place (Círculo polar) where the day never ends in the midnight sun. There are things that never end, and Love is one of them.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 12 February, 2023.

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