LOVERS OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
by Julio Medem
synopsis
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.
| international title: | Lovers of the Arctic Circle |
| original title: | Los amantes del Círculo Polar |
| country: | Spain, France |
| year: | 1998 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Julio Medem |
| film run: | 112' |
| release date: | ES 28/08/1998, IT 12/09/1998, NO 13/11/1998, BE 01/1999, FR 07/04/1999, CH 02/07/1999, CZ 06/07/1999, NL 30/09/1999, SE 08/10/1999, UK 07/01/2000, HU 20/01/2000, DK 25/02/2000, FI 10/03/2000, PL 16/06/2000, GR 09/2000, PT 20/10/2000, DE 26/10/2000, IS 17/09/2002, IE 18/02/2004, TR 08/10/2004 |
| screenplay: | Julio Medem |
| cast: | Najwa Nimri, Fele Martínez, Nancho Novo |
| cinematography by: | Gonzalo F. Berridi |
| film editing: | Iván Aledo |
| art director: | Itziar Arrieta, Satur Idarreta, Estíbaliz Markiegi, Karmele Soler |
| costumes designer: | Estíbaliz Markiegi |
| producer: | Fernando Bovaira, Enrique López Lavigne |
| executive producer: | Fernando de Garcillán, Txarly Llorente |
