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Lovers of the Arctic Circle

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Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 23 Fresh: 19  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Synopsis: Two children meet by chance and form a bond which carries them through all sorts of trials and coincidences. Only after becoming teens and step-siblings, do they profess their love for each other, embarking on an erotic odyssey that will take them to the ends of the Earth.... Two children meet by chance and form a bond which carries them through all sorts of trials and coincidences. Only after becoming teens and step-siblings, do they profess their love for each other, embarking on an erotic odyssey that will take them to the ends of the Earth. [More]

Genre: Foreign Films

Director: Julio Medem
Screenwriter: Julio Medem

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 4, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - Spanish

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David Parkinson
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refuses to dumb down the presentation to craft one of the most beautiful romances in recent memory

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04/25/06
John A. Nesbit
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Michael E. Grost
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03/19/02
Globe and Mail
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It's hard not to find the whole thing pretentious and obnoxious.

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04/20/01
Chuck Rudolph
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you're sure to fall in love with all three actresses that play the woman throughout her life.

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Christopher Null
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Kenneth Turan
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Medem superimposes his patterns with a heavy hand on top of the story and then feels he has to underline, italicize, and CAPITALIZE to make sure we don't miss his conceits.

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Arthur Lazere
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