What happens when fate suddenly snaps its fingers and turns life upside down at a stroke. This is the central question Danish director Susanne Bier poses and attempts to answer in her new feature OPEN HEARTS made according to the Dogme rules. A young couple is looking forward to their wedding when an accident befalls them. You think your biggest problem today is going to get the shopping done and suddenly your fiancÔe gets run over. It's like a blade into your life, for better and for worse. The 'worse' is the event as it takes place; the 'better' is what happens afterwards...