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Destiny cannot be denied. - Lovers of the Arctic Circle
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Title: Lovers of the Arctic Circle

Release Date: 4 Sep 1998

Runtime: 1h 52m

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance

Director: Alicia Produce, Bailando En La Luna, Sogetel, Sogepaq, Le Studio Canal+

Production Companies: Alicia Produce, Bailando En La Luna, Sogetel, Sogepaq, Le Studio Canal+

Overview: 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 where the day never ends in the midnight sun. There are things that never end, and Love is one of them.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.4 (243 votes)

Cast

  • Young Ana: Najwa Nimri
  • Young Otto: Fele Martínez
  • Álvaro: Nancho Novo
  • Olga: Maru Valdivielso
  • Child Ana: Sara Valiente
  • Child Otto: Peru Medem
  • Teenage Ana: Kristel Díaz
  • Teenage Otto: Víctor Hugo Oliveira
  • Otto's Mother: Beate Jensen
  • Sofía: Rosa Morales
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