Open Hearts (2002 film)

Open Hearts
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Directed by	Susanne Bier
Produced by	Vibeke Windelov Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Written by	Anders Thomas Jensen
Starring	Mads Mikkelsen Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Music by	Jesper Winge Leisner
Cinematography	Morten Søborg
Editing by	Pernille Bech Christensen
Distributed by	Nordisk Film
Release date(s)	2002
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 manifest. 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 tragic car accident and adultery. Joachim, a young man, is disabled and hospitalized indefinitely by a car accident after being hit by Marie. Marie's husband Niels is a doctor at the hospital, and he falls for Joachim's fiancee Cecilie, and they have an affair. Niels then leaves his wife, teenage daughter and two young boys for Cecilie, who abandons Joachim.^[1]

Open Hearts received a 96% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes movie review website with a 93% approval rating from the top critics.^[2] 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."^[3] The film won both the Bodil and Robert awards for Best Danish Film in 2003.

Cast

• Sonja Richter as Cecilie
• Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Joachim
• Mads Mikkelsen as Niels
• Paprika Steen as Marie
• Stine Bjerregaard as Stine
• Birthe Neumann as Hanne
• Niels Olsen as Finn
• Ulf Pilgaard as Thomsen
• Ronnie Hiort Lorenzen as Gustav
• Pelle Bang Sørensen as Emil
• Anders Nyborg as Robert
• Ida Dwinger as Sanne
• Philip Zandén as Tommy
• Michel Castenholt as Salesperson in Ilva
• Birgitte Prins as Doctor
• Susanne Juhasz as Cashier
• Hans Henrik Clemensen as Cook
• Jens Basse Dam as Waiter
• Hanne Windfeld as Nurse 1
• Tina Gylling Mortensen as Nurse 2

Soundtrack

Main article: Open Hearts (album)

The soundtrack songs were recorded by Anggun and released by Sony Music in 2002. The soundtrack album contained nine songs with hit single "Open Your Heart".

Remake

Open Hearts is an upcoming film written, directed by and starring Zach Braff. It will be the second film Braff will direct, after his successful 2004 film Garden State.

It was first revealed that Zach Braff was planning to remake Open Hearts in 2006^[4], at the same time Braff's film The Last Kiss was being released. The film will be produced by Paramount Pictures.

On his blog, Zach Braff announced that directing the film had been delayed due to his show Scrubs being renewed.^[5]. The production of the film has been put in limbo several times due to Braff returning to film the seventh and eighth seasons of Scrubs, and in 2006 it was revealed that Braff had put the project on hold for a year after difficulties surrounding casting.

The picture was to be filmed in New Jersey, Braff's home state and location of Garden State, in the summer of 2006^[4]. This date has been changed but the location is to remain the same.

References

1. ^ "Elsker dig for evigt". Det Danske Filminstitut. http://dnfx.dfi.dk/pls/dnf/pwt.page_setup?p_pagename=dnffuldvis&p_parmlist=filmid=33508. Retrieved 2008-05-25. 
2. ^ "Open Hearts". Rotten Tomatoes.com. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/open_hearts/. Retrieved 2008-05-25. 
3. ^ "Awards for Elsker dig for evigt (2002)". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315543/awards. Retrieved 2008-05-25. 
4. ^ ^{a b} http://movies.about.com/od/moviesinproduction/a/openheart031406.htm
5. ^ http://www.zachbraff.com/

External links

• Open Hearts at the Internet Movie Database
• Det Danske Filminstitut
• Den Danske Fim Database