Open Hearts
It's already been thirty years since two Danish filmmakers signed a manifesto, expressing a desire for chastity in filmmaking. The rejection of artifice and the search for authenticity were its main elements, quickly mocked by the filmmakers themselves, in a single shot or a new film that contradicted their tenets. Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg left their mark on their era and on a generation of new filmmakers. But what do these films tell us today, given that they were such a departure from the mainstream of their time?
About to get married, Cecilie and Joachim's happy life is shattered when Joachim is paralyzed after being hit by a car. A distance grows between the two lovers, especially when Cecilie becomes close to the doctor who is supposed to be helping her partner.
Susanne Bier
Susanne Bier is a Danish filmmaker. She is the first female director to collectively receive an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a European Film Award (for In a Better World) and a Primetime Emmy Award (for directing The Night Manager). Bier made her feature film debut with Freud's Leaving Home (1991). She has directed a string of films including Open Hearts (2002), Brothers (2004), After the Wedding (2006), and In a Better World (2010), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. She also directed four English-language films, including Bird Box (2018). On television, she directed the miniseries The Night Manager (2016) earning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. She also directed the HBO psychological miniseries The Undoing (2020), the Showtime historical anthology series The First Lady (2022), and the Netflix mystery series The Perfect Couple (2024).
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