| Open Hearts | |
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 Danish Movie Poster | |
| Directed by | Susanne Bier |
| Written by | Anders Thomas Jensen |
| Produced by | Vibeke Windeløv |
| Starring | Mads Mikkelsen Nikolaj Lie Kaas Sonja Richter Paprika Steen |
| Cinematography | Morten Søborg |
| Edited by | Pernille Bech Christensen |
| Music by | Jesper Winge Leisner |
| Distributed by | Nordisk Film |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
Open Hearts (Danish: Elsker dig for evigt), is a 2002 Danish drama film directed by Susanne Bier using the minimalist filmmaking techniques of the Dogme 95 manifesto. It stars Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sonja Richter and Paprika Steen. Also referred to as Dogme #28, Open Hearts relates the story of two couples whose lives are traumatized by a car crash and adultery.
Open Hearts received a 93% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes movie review website.[1] Susanne Bier received the International Critics Award at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival "for the fact that it proves that dogma has come of age and matured into a potent cinematic language that skillfully captures the freeing of real emotions that extreme trauma creates within the lives of the characters in her film."[2] The film won both the Bodil and Robert awards for Best Danish Film in 2003.[3]
- ^ "Open Hearts". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Awards for Elsker dig for evigt (2002)". IMDb. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ Piil, Morten (2008). Gyldendals danske filmguide (in Danish) (3rd ed.). Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal. pp. 132–. ISBN 978-87-02-06669-2. OCLC 474736058.