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Lovers of the Arctic Circle
SPAIN · 1998

Lovers of the Arctic Circle

Julio Medem
forbidden love step-siblings childhood to adulthood separation and loss fate and destiny
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Synopsis

As young children, Otto and Ana become best friends, leading to the marriage of Ana's mother to Otto's father. When Otto and Ana become teenagers, they begin a sexual relationship, which they hide from their parents. The two fall deeply in love and seem destined to spend the rest of their lives together. However, their relationship is tested when Otto's mother dies and the two are separated.

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