Open Hearts (2002) on Netflix
Cecilie and Joachim plan to marry. A crash leaves Joachim paralyzed, and Marie, who was driving the other car, asks Niels, her husband, to help Cecilie.
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Plot summary
Cecilie and Joachim are engaged and about to get married. A car accident leaves Joachim paralyzed. He is a young man, and the crash makes him a tetraplegic, so he stays in the hospital. Marie was driving the car. Her husband Niels works as a doctor at that hospital. Marie asks Niels to help Cecilie, and he meets her. Niels and Marie have a teenage daughter and two young boys.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Open Hearts (2002)
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- In 2006, Zach Braff was set to direct, write and produce an English-language remake of Open Hearts after his debut Garden State. Sean Penn was to co-star, but the film collapsed over scheduling conflicts and budget issues, and Braff still hopes to make it one day.
- The Open Hearts soundtrack was recorded by Indonesian-French singer Anggun and released by Columbia Records and Sony Music International worldwide in 2002 and 2003. It became Anggun's second and final album to be released in the United States, after Snow on the Sahara in 1998.
