Rent Open Hearts (2002)
3.8 of 5 from 94 ratings
1h 49min
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- Synopsis:
What happens when fate suddenly snaps its fingers and turns four lives upside down? Open Hearts is about losing control, looking life in the face, and having the courage to go for the love of your life. Cecilie (Sonja Ilichter) and Joachim (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) arc young and in love. They arc soon to get married and they have their whole lives ahead of them. But, suddenly things go wrong and everything changes. Marie (Paprika Steen) and Niels (Mads Mikkelsen) are older, happily married and have three children, but their marriage is tested to the limit when unexpectedly the four paths cross and Niels falls passionately in love with Cecilie. One thing is for sure: nothing can ever be the same again... - Actors:
- Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Paprika Steen, Stine Bjerregaard, Birthe Neumann, Niels Olsen, Ulf Pilgaard, Ronnie Lorenzen, Pelle Bang Sørensen, Anders Nyborg, Ida Dwinger, Philip Zandén, Michel Castenholt, Birgitte Prins, Susanne Juhász, Hans Henrik Clemensen, Jens Basse Dam, Hanne Windfeld, Tina Gylling Mortensen
- Directors:
- Susanne Bier
- Producers:
- Jonas Frederiksen, Vibeke Windeløv
- Writers:
- Anders Thomas Jensen, Susanne Bier
- Aka:
- Elsker dig for evigt
- Studio:
- Icon
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's Euro 24 Film Festival, Films & TV by topic
- Countries:
- Denmark
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Reviews (2) of Open Hearts
All Feeling - Open Hearts review by Steve
The first of director Susanne Bier/screenwriter Anders Thomas Jensen's award winning collaborations. It was released at the back end of the Dogme 95 wave and is shot according to its rules, with the natural light, digital cameras and authentic locations...
Yet despite the ostentatious realism and out-of-focus camera wobble, this is really melodrama. Like all of Bier and Jensen's early pictures, there's a schematic narrative which is propelled by the chance occurrence of a life changing event.
It dissects forensically the consequences of a road traffic accident which leaves a young man as an incurable quadriplegic, while his traumatised girlfriend finds solace in an affair with the husband of the woman driving the car! Which is some premise...
Most of the interest is in the horrifying breakdown of the marriage which is incredibly 4real, mainly due to the Dogme approach and the raw, intense performances of Mads Mikkelsen and Paprika Steen. This deservedly broke Bier outside of Denmark.
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Brilliant - Open Hearts review by BE
Masterful production from Susanne Bier around the frailty of the human condition. Engrossing and superbly acted by the whole cast.
4 out of 6 members found this review helpful.