Open Hearts (Dogma ’95)

A Dogma 95 film about an engaged couple torn apart after the husband is paralyzed in an accident, and the wife falls in love with the husband of the woman who caused the accident. Joachim and Cæcilie, a young couple from Copenhagen, have just decided to get married, when Joachim is hit by a car. He survives the accident, but is paralyzed from head to toe. The woman, who caused the accident, Marie, is consumed by guilt and calls her husband Niels, a doctor at the hospital, to assist the couple. Disowned by a bitter Joachim, Cæcilie seeks solace with Niels, who falls hopelessly in love with the young woman.