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Lovers of the Arctic Circle(1998)
Status: Released
Date: 1998-09-04
74%
246 Votes
Time: 1h 52m
Destiny cannot be denied.
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.
Languages: Spanish, English, Hungarian.
Countries:
France,
Spain
ProductionCompanies: 
Alicia Produce
Bailando En La Luna
Sogetel
Movie: Lovers of the Arctic Circle
Top 10 Billed Cast
Najwa Nimri
Young Ana
Fele Martínez
Young Otto
Nancho Novo
Álvaro
Maru Valdivielso
Olga
Peru Medem
Child Otto
Video Trailer Lovers of the Arctic Circle
All 1 videos
Trailer de "Los amantes del Círculo Polar", de Julio Medem - Trailer
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