Open Hearts (2002)

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113 min - Drama | Romance - 6 September 2002 (Denmark)

7.6

Ratings: 7.6/10 from 4,701 users Metascore: 77/100
Reviews: 25 user | 50 critic | 22 from Metacritic.com

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.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Mads Mikkelsen	...	Niels
	Sonja Richter	...	Cæcilie Pagh
	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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Storyline

Cecilie is devastated when her fiance Joachim is seriously injured in a car accident and is paralysed from the waist down. She begins an affair with Niels, a doctor at the hospital where Joachim is being treated. Their relationship is further complicated by the fact that the doctor's wife Marie was the driver that caused the accident in the first place. Written by Phythian

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and sexuality See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Release Date:

6 September 2002 (Denmark) See more »

Also Known As:

Älskar dig för evigt See more »

Filming Locations:

Rigshospitalet, Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$14,224 (USA) (23 February 2003) (2 Screens)

Gross:

$122,308 (USA) (30 March 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Det Danske Filminstitut, Zentropa Entertainments See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

The film actually breaks with some of the Dogme 95 rules, e.g. the blood used in the car accident scene is 'theatre' blood, there were fantasy sequences shot in Super-8 and also a ThermaCAM has been used. See more »

Crazy Credits

The credits are stamped on the screen in thermal photography. See more »

Connections

Referenced in "Go' aften Danmark: Episode dated 5 September 2002" (2002) See more »

Soundtracks

"Open Your Heart"
Written by Jesper Winge Leisner, Niels Brinck, Anggun
Performed by Anggun See more »

Open Hearts (2002)
Elsker dig for evigt (original title)

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