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The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) 6.3
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Metascore: 27/100
Reviews: 84 user | 72 critic | 22 from Metacritic.com Seven year old Jeremiah is pulled from his foster home and thrown into a troubled life on the road with his teenage mother, Sarah. Director:Asia Argento |
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Cast
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| Asia Argento | ... | ||
| Jimmy Bennett | ... | ||
| Kara Kemp | ... |
Social Worker #1
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| Brent Almond | ... |
Cop #1
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David Dwyer | ... |
Cop #2
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| Kip Pardue | ... |
Luther
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| Jeremy Renner | ... |
Emerson
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| David Brian Alley | ... |
Doctor
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Lydia Lunch | ... |
Social Worker #2
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| Ornella Muti | ... |
Grandmother
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| Cole Sprouse | ... | ||
| Peter Fonda | ... |
Grandfather
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| John Robinson | ... |
Aaron
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Lindy Maguire | ... |
Girl
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The dysfunctional twenty-three years old Sarah takes her six years old natural son Jeremiah from the home of his beloved foster parents with the support of the social service to live with her. Along the years, the boy shares her insane and lowlife style and is introduced to booze and drugs and mentally, physically and sexually abused by Sarah, her lovers and her religiously fanatic family. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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foster home | social worker | religious upbringing | prostitute | psychologist |Taglines:
Behind the greatest hoax of our time is the heartbreaking story that started it all.Genres:
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Rated R for intense depiction of child abuse/neglect, strong sex and drug content, pervasive language and some violence | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
19 January 2005 (France) See more »Also Known As:
A szív csalfa vágyai See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$10,000 (USA) (10 March 2006)Gross:
$26,092 (USA) (24 March 2006)Company Credits
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Older Jeremiah: [slams the largest piece of coal off the floor and draws on it with a red pencil] You killed your momma, look, thats blood. You killed your momma, I'm all you got left.
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Before Sarah's strip scene, she is outside the club with two other women. One of the women is Cole and Dylan Sprouse's mother. See more »Goofs
When Chester stumbles out of the meth lab after the explosion, he is obviously severely burnt as evidenced by his face. Yet the white embroidery on his black leather vest is undamaged in any way. See more »Quotes
Older Jeremiah: [picks up two pieces of coal and see's faces on them] Oh, you gonna cry if you don't get what you want?Older Jeremiah: [slams the largest piece of coal off the floor and draws on it with a red pencil] You killed your momma, look, thats blood. You killed your momma, I'm all you got left.
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...or those with a deficit in empathy, for this film asks the viewer for an open, compassionate, feeling heart. The truth of the matter is, the culture that is revealed to
you in this movie is a reality and nightmare for those entrenched in it. Ms. Argento makes a masterpiece that takes no sides; instead she boldly lays forth a landscape of love, abuse, and how one will do just about anything to feel needed and worthwhile, even if that means going back again and again to the hand that hurts you and abandons you. If you don't get this film, it is either simply not for you, or perhaps you have not read the addictive literary achievements of J.T. LeRoy. If the latter is true, go now to you local bookstore and buy any of his courageous works; they will literary bring you to your knees...or at least they did to me, gripping me with raw, honest ferocity. If you just didn't get the film and the challenging material it presents, i encourage you to see it again; honestly, it just keeps getting better and better. Let it enter you...and feel, for once, your self, your discomfort, whatever emerges. Outstanding performances of an all-star cast, this is sure to be a cult film that, once on video, you will want to own.