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Overview

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Director:
Writer:
Julio Medem (writer)
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Release Date:
4 September 1998 (Spain) more
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Tagline:
Destiny cannot be denied.
Plot:
Otto and Ana are kids when they meet each other. Their names are palindromes. They meet by chance, people are related by chance... more | add synopsis
Awards:
13 wins & 8 nominations more
User Comments:
Deep into visual poetry more (71 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Najwa Nimri ... Ana joven
Fele Martínez ... Otto joven (as Fele Martinez)
Nancho Novo ... Álvaro

Maru Valdivielso ... Olga
Peru Medem ... Otto niño
Sara Valiente ... Ana niña
Víctor Hugo Oliveira ... Otto adolescente (as Victor Hugo Oliviera)
Kristel Díaz ... Ana adolescente (as Kristel Diaz)
Pep Munné ... Javier (as Pep Munne)
Jaroslav Bielski ... Álvaro Midelman (as jaroslaw Bielski)
Rosa Morales ... Sofía
Joost Siedhoff ... Otto Midelman
Beate Jensen ... Madre de Otto
Petri Heino ... Aki

Outi Alanen ... Mensajera
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Les amants du cercle polaire (France)
The Lovers from the North Pole (USA)
The Lovers of the Arctic Circle (International: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality and brief language.
Runtime:
112 min | Brazil:104 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Errors in geography: Otto jumps from his plane at 66°33"40' North, 02°55"05' East. These are the geographic coordinates that Ana wrote on her letter to Otto, to mark the location where she was staying in Finland (Rovaniemi). But if he really would have used these coordinates he would have jumped right into the Atlantic Ocean. The (almost) correct location of the cottage where Ana was staying is 66°33"40' North, 25°55"05' East. That is also the same location that the old Otto points out on his map when he and Ana meet each other for the first time in his apartment in Rovaniemi. more
Quotes:
Ana: They say, that inside the arctic circle, on summer nights the sun does not set. They call it the midnight sun. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Palindromes (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Sinitaivas more

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44 out of 49 people found the following comment useful.
Deep into visual poetry, 10 April 2004
Author: Carlos Martinez Escalona from Mexico

It's really difficult to understand European cinema after watching thousands of American-Big Studio films.

At least that's what looks clearly apparent when I read many of the comments in imdb. But for some of us, who are in contact with a different way of making films, this one excels at the visual poetry from the very start.

And from a cinematographer's point of view, as a real jewel in filmmaking. What Los Amantes is about, is love, and only that. The way this story is portrayed is quite original, in a way some directors have tried and done pretty good jobs (Alejandro González Iñárritu, for instance, in his two films: Amores Perros and 21 Grams). It's a compelling way to explain simple things in reverse. Thoughts, and internal processes are not directly understood or apparent to the viewer. Medem demands his audience to think (remember Abre los Ojos).

It's really sad to think that linear and flat plots that only demand to sit and watch are what most people see as good films. When something catches them out of balance, sometimes they refuse to stay tuned and think.

The revelation, as is with this film, comes at the very end. And it deserves a second session to go through the small details -which are plenty in Medem's work.

It's a long film... some argue. What is a long film when everything is like a whirlpool that draws you in? I don't think this is a long film. Me and many of my friends have pored through it many, many times. So many, in fact, that we had to throw away the original video. A pity, because it was in it's original widescreen version, not as the recently issued dvd that's been murderously cropped.

Whatever it is what you like to see, take a look at this film. It can open a lot of possibilities to widen your taste, and your approach to "long" films.

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