The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things poster

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

20041h 38mDrama
directed by Asia Argento

“Behind the greatest hoax of our time is the heartbreaking story that started it all.”

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5.8 / 10
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6.2 / 10
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27 / 100
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Synopsis

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

Asia Argento·Sarah
Jimmy Bennett·Young Jeremiah
Jeremy Renner·Emerson
Winona Ryder·Psychologist
Ornella Muti·Grandmother
Peter Fonda·Grandfather
Dylan Sprouse·Older Jeremiah
Kara Kemp·Social Worker #1
Cole Sprouse·Older Jeremiah
Kip Pardue·Luther