Newlyweds take a year-long honeymoon exploring love around the world

From the moment they sealed their relationship with their engagement on a boat in Antarctica and set the date of their wedding, Croatian adventurers Davor and Andela Rostuhar began to reflect on the reasons why they chose to spend the rest of their lives together. After tying the knot, they embarked on a year-long journey around the world to explore whether love, one of the highest values in our lives, is universal or completely dependent on the circumstances surrounding us.

They traveled to 30 countries on five continents and collected more than 120 interviews with different couples and individuals, all of whom shared their thoughts on love, relationships, marriage, divorce… Everything they experienced and learned about love on their journey was captured in the book and film “Love Around the World,” which is currently being shown exclusively in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

“The differences between us can divide and destroy us. But if we learn to bridge them, they can become our greatest resource and our greatest strength. That bridge is created through love, and there are not many better, and more exciting ways to learn how to build it, than to look into examples and experiences of various people from different cultures that have already done it,” Davor shared.

From the deep within the Amazonian forests and remote villages in the Himalayas to the world’s largest metropolises, this stunning documentary shows us 33 different stories of love and marriage, challenges and struggles, highs and lows, creating one great love story that reminds us that love can never be simple, but at the same time that few things in the world are as simple as love. It follows all the stages of their relationships – from the moment they met or had their first date, through their decision to get married or move in together and the struggles and challenges that followed, to the present moment and their plans for the future.

All the protagonists were asked the same questions – how they met, how they felt at the beginning of their relationship, how they would describe their feelings now, what they expect from their partner, what their strengths and weaknesses are, how they approach problems and struggles, and finally – what love means to them. The interviews are interwoven with montage sequences of slow-motion shots, stunning aerial imagery and time-lapses that show breathtaking landscapes, wedding rituals, local customs, seduction rituals and interactions between the couples, giving viewers additional information about the featured couples. For more about the film, trailer, and screening dates, visit lovearoundtheworldproject.com.