Lovers of the Arctic Circle
Lovers of the Arctic Circle Spanish Los amantes del crculo polar , also known as The Lovers from the North Pole, is a 1998 Spanish drama film written and directed by Julio Mdem and starring Najwa Nimri and Fele Martnez. It won two Goya Awards in 1999.
The film is circular in plot as well as in a number of other ways for example, the names of its main characters, Otto and Ana, are both palindromes. The film is centered around an incestuous love relationship between stepsiblings. The two meet one day after school, when Anas father dies, and her mother marries his father. Ana believes that Otto is the reincarnation of her father, but eventually the two of them fall in love. For a number of reasons, they are eventually separated, and Otto becomes a pilot flying between Spain and the Arctic Circle. Ana moves to the same area to leave behind her past and past lovers, and tries to get in touch with him again.The movie plot is about two step siblings who know each other since they were children. As they grow up, they find out that their love is not just a family love. They want to have a relationship like real couples have, even though they know it is prohibited they found a place where they can see each other at night. As time passes by their parents get divorced and they get separated. Anas mother moves abroad, and Anna travels to Finland from where she persuades Otto to travel north to look for her. The deaths and lives of the characters are made more confusing through anachronisms and plot details. ........
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