Open Hearts (UK) ( Elsker dig for evigt ) ( Älskar Dig För Evigt )

Open Hearts (UK) (DVD) (*)

$31.99

Original Title: Elsker dig for evigt
Alternate Title: Älskar Dig För Evigt
Screened, competed or awarded at:
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
109 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Music Video
Photo Gallery
Posters
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Susanne Bier
Anders Thomas Jensen

Written By:
Susanne Bier
Anders Thomas Jensen

Actors:
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 Hiort Lorenzen ..... Gustav
Pelle Bang Sørensen ..... Emil
Anders Nyborg ..... Robert
Ida Dwinger ..... Sanne
Philip Zandén ..... Tommy
Michel Castenholt ..... Furniture Store Assistant
Birgitte Prins ..... A&E Doctor

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 Marie (Paprika Steen), leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. As fate would have it, the doctor put in charge of Joachim's care is Niels (Mads Mikkelsen), who happens to be Marie's husband. Joachim, deeply depressed since the accident, tells Cecilie to leave him and find someone else, but while she intends to stay with the man she loves, she finds it increasingly difficult to deal with his mood swings and frequent anger. Meanwhile, Marie, wracked with guilt over the accident, asks her

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.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 18 June, 2010.

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