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Perhaps I'm exaggerating. Lovers of the Arctic Circle...
...Lovers of the Arctic Circle is not just any love story, though. Otto (Fele Martinez) and Ana (Najwa Nimri), the story's star-crossed protagonists, are step siblings. They meet by chance as children one day after school and there is an immediate attraction. Within a year, Otto's father has left his mother to marry Anas widowed mother. When he reaches puberty, Otto chooses to live with his father so that he and Ana can become lovers. Needless to say, this is a decision that changes Otto's life forever. His mother is crushed by his desertion...
...Eventually, they reunite after a long and complicated search that takesthem from their native Spain all the way to (I kid you not) northern Finland above the Arctic Circle where the sun never sets in the spring...
...first meeting, their parent's decision to marry, the manner in which they learn of each other's whereabouts after years of separation (Ana just happens to decide she should live in Finland and Otto just happens to take a job flying packages between Spain and the Arctic Circle)--all of these increasingly unlikely events are consciously presented as a chain of coincidences. At the same time, Otto and Ana's love is not simply a product of chance. There is an overriding destiny that brings them together, that makes their lives come literally full circle despite several flirtations with...
...danger in making any film as intricate as Lovers of the Arctic Circle is that it can become overwhelming, not just for the audience but for the filmmakers as well. Indeed, Medem's piece often feels uneven...