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58% Critic Match
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
“Behind the greatest hoax of our time is the heartbreaking story that started it all.”
5.8 / 10• 2004• 1h 38m•R• English
Drama
Storyline
Young Jeremiah lives in a stable environment with loving foster parents until the day his troubled mother, Sarah, returns to claim him. Jeremiah becomes swept up in his mother's dangerous world of drugs, seedy hotels, strip joints and revolving lovers. Salvation comes in the form of the boy's ultrareligious grandparents, but soon Jeremiah's mother returns. Maternal love binds the pair together on the road until Sarah's desperate and depraved lifestyle finally consumes her.
Cast & Crew
Asia Argento
Sarah
Lead
Jimmy Bennett
Young Jeremiah
Jeremy Renner
Emerson
Winona Ryder
Psychologist
Ornella Muti
Grandmother
Peter Fonda
Grandfather
Dylan Sprouse
Older Jeremiah
KK
Kara Kemp
Social Worker #1
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Asia Argento's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
