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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: Danish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Swedish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Danish ( Subtitles ), English ( Subtitles ), Swedish ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Biographies, Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Interactive Menu, Music Video, Photo Gallery, Posters, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: In Susanne Bier's achingly tender drama, filmed according to the tenets of the Dogme 95 collective, the fates of two couples are forever altered in the blink of an eye. Joachim (Nicolaj Lie Kaas) and Cecilie (Sonja Ricther) are a young couple on the verge of marriage. But before they can make it official, a car hits Joachim, leaving him paralyzed. It turns out the driver of the car, Marie (Paprika Steen), is the wife of Niels (Mads Mikkelsen), a doctor at the local hospital. Niels offers Cecilie a shoulder to cry on, and when a tormented Joachim sends her away, she takes Niels up on his offer. What begins as a harmless connection between two strangers quickly turns into something else, as Niels finds himself falling in love with Cecilie. Gradually, Marie begins to sense something is amiss, until the truth finally comes out, destroying their relationship in the process. A sudden change of heart from Joachim forces Cecilie to decide which man she wants to spend her life with. Like the most successful Dogme films (FESTEN, MIFUNE), Bier boldly mixes a melodramatic storyline with a documentary-like visual approach to create a work that is deeply affecting, and wholly believable.
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Two people are brought together by a tragic accident in this emotional drama. Joachim (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) and Cecilie (Sonja Richter) are a couple in Copenhagen who've fallen deeply in love and have made plans to marry. One day, Joachim is severely injured in an auto accident when he's struck by a woman named...Open Hearts (UK) ( Elsker dig for evigt ) ( Älskar Dig För Evigt )
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Two people are brought together by a tragic accident in this emotional drama. Joachim (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) and Cecilie (Sonja Richter) are a couple in Copenhagen who've fallen deeply in love and have made plans to marry. One day, Joachim is severely injured in an auto accident when he's struck by a woman named...Open Hearts (UK) ( Elsker dig for evigt ) ( Älskar Dig För Evigt )
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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Open Hearts is a beautiful film about the power of love. Sounds cheesy, but it's certainly not. It shuns the soppy, unoriginal scripts that most Romantic dramas adhere to and what emerges is a true tour de force. A Romantic drama that is altogether compelling yet almost embarrasing to watch as it almost feels too real. The film centers around the outcome of a tragic meeting between a married doctor and the girlfriend of a paraplegic patient being treated at his hospital. I was totally gripped by the plot and can't recommend it highly enough.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
After recently seeing this on sky as I was flipping through the channels, I was left with a great sense of appreciation of films of this kind. The storyline is pure and real, the characters believeable and the acting exceptional. It's one of those real to life movies, not overdone or exagerrated, just a heartfelt story portrayed in an honest and relateable way. I would reccommend this to anyone who enjoys romance films, not to say that this follows the usual streotype. It's far deeper and thoughtprovoking than your average romance and overall is definately a must see.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A film driven by human experience rather than character or story, which nevertheless stands out by creating characters that invite near universal empathy. We feel and care for all of them as they come to terms with the kind of tragedy that everyone knows could be just around the corner.
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blown away
what a beautiful and powerful film , yes it made me cry but this is not a tear jerker , in the american sense , but a really tender story about consiquences and choices . Read more
Published 1 month ago by cartoon
Real life as it happens
wonderful film, extremly well acted and disturbingly true to life. A film that will stick in your mind for some time. Another real life classic.
Published 6 months ago by lance
Naturalist Cinema at its best
Extraordinary drama this. All the better for the stringent adherence to DOGME. Suzanne Bier is a wonderful director (her film in a better world won the best foreign film oscar)... Read more
Published 8 months ago by nigel
Deserves an Oscar, and more....
I've rarely seen a movie which moved me so much , by showing the very usual story of couples caught up in the fights of life, love and reality... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Boudewyn Van Dyck
Beautiful & Moving - highly recommending it!
I watched this DVD last night and I was in tears on a couple of occasions. It's a love story, but with a twist - when an unexpected accident happened, the fate of the characters... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Junying Kirk
somehow doesn't deliver
As other reviewers have said, this is a story of a chance encounter - a dr's wife runs over a man rendering him a paraplegic. Read more
Published 10 months ago by veebers
Less is more ...
'Open Hearts' is another successful addition to the Dogme 95 stable of films. The plot is nothing new, similar to Lars von Triers' 'Breaking The Waves' - although not as downbeat -... Read more
Published 19 months ago by P. Millar
So good...
I watched this film this morning after having it sit in my dvd collection for several months. I'm so sorry that i didn't view it sooner. Read more
Published on 7 May 2009 by Mrs. M. Daly
Rejection and Redemption at the expense of others.
A great, if sad story. Realistic to the last detail, with amusing moments that simply add to the poignancy of the plot. Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2009 by Florimel
Too Realistic!
I couldn't watch the whole of this film. Its realism of detail is its strength but it may upset many who have suffered divorce. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2008 by N. Clark
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