Open Hearts

A young couple are about to be married. Then an accident paralyzes him — and she falls in love with the husband of the woman who caused it. Susanne Bier's Dogme entry handles the impossible premise with the unflinching precision that would define her career. The infidelity is not glamorized or condemned — it is simply shown as what happens when grief collides with the proximity of someone who is present when you need it most. Mads Mikkelsen in an early role that shows everything he was about to become.