Cecilie and Joachim, a young couple in love, are soon to be married. But all of a sudden everything is turned upside down when Joachim is paralyzed in an accident, and Cecilie falls in love with the husband of the woman who caused the accident.

Before they won the Academy Award® for In a Better World, Susanne Bier and screenwriter Anders Thomas Jensen came to international attention with this heartbreaking drama starring Mads Mikkelsen. Made under the Dogme 95 manifesto, Open Hearts is stirring, stimulating, and exceptionally emotional.