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Overview

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7.8/10   3,268 votes
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Writer:
Anders Thomas Jensen (writer)
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Release Date:
6 September 2002 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
A Dogme film about an engaged couple that is torn apart after the man is paralyzed in an accident, and the woman falls in love with the husband of the woman who caused the accident. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
12 wins & 12 nominations more
User Comments:
First Class more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mads Mikkelsen ... Niels
Sonja Richter ... Cæcilie

Nikolaj Lie Kaas ... Joachim

Paprika Steen ... Marie
Stine Bjerregaard ... Stine
Birthe Neumann ... Hanne
Niels Olsen ... Finn
Ulf Pilgaard ... Thomsen
Ronnie Lorenzen ... Gustav (as Ronnie Hiort Lorenzen)
Pelle Bang Sørensen ... Emil
Anders Nyborg ... Robert
Ida Dwinger ... Sanne
Philip Zandén ... Tommy
Michel Castenholt ... Furniture Store Assistant
Birgitte Prins ... A&E Doctor
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Open Hearts (International: English title) (USA)
Dogme # 28 - Elsker dig for evigt (Denmark) (series title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and sexuality.
Runtime:
113 min
Country:
Denmark
Language:
Danish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

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Trivia:
The ThermaCAM used in the opening and closing scenes, was originally intended for use throughout the movie. But in final editing Susanne Bier cut all the ThermaCAM-shots, because she felt they conflicted with the movies realistic tone. more
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Featured in 'Elsker dig for evigt' på filmfestival (2003) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Open Your Heart more

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17 out of 18 people found the following comment useful:-
First Class, 14 November 2005
Author: JoeytheBrit from www.moviemoviesite.com

My first experience of a Dogme film – a concept of which I admittedly have only the sketchiest of knowledge but which, at first glance, seems to be a self-restricting set of draconian rules designed to fly in the face of accepted film-making techniques – Open Heart is a remarkably affecting film that is actually enhanced by the rules under which it operates.

Sonia Richter plays Cecilie, girlfriend of Joachim (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) who is paralysed from the neck down after being run down by Marie (Paprika Steen), wife of Neils (Mads Mikkelsen), a doctor at the hospital in which Joachim recuperates. Cecilie and Neils strike up a relationship that develops into an affair.

Open Hearts is a measured, introspective study of the impact a sudden, shocking moment can have on not just the participants but on those around them, and is aided immeasurably by natural performances from all the characters, which provides added depth and resonance to the story. There are no villains here, just normal people struggling to cope with their emotions and their lives in the wake of Joachim's devastating accident, and there are no melodramatics in a plot that, handled less skilfully, could easily have descended into the realms of overwrought soap opera. The use of natural lighting and hand-held cameras adds to the sense of realism, giving the film an effective fly-on-the-wall documentary look. These simple techniques help draw you into the lives of the characters and to want a happy outcome for them all even though you know that can never be. In fact there is no real conclusion to this film in the conventional sense, simply a momentary calm in the turmoil, at which point writers Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen choose to leave their characters to continue their lives unwatched by the camera.

Open Hearts is wonderful stuff – an intelligent, perceptive and thoughtful film that deserves a wider audience than it will ever receive. Don't let this one pass you by.

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