The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

20042004
RR
1h 37m

Asia Argento and Dylan Sprouse in The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)

Seven-year-old Jeremiah is pulled from his foster home and thrown into a troubled life on the road with his teenage mother, Sarah.Seven-year-old Jeremiah is pulled from his foster home and thrown into a troubled life on the road with his teenage mother, Sarah.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
Writers
- Laura Albert(based on the book by)
- Asia Argento(screenplay)
- Alessandro Magania(screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations

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Asia Argento and Jimmy Bennett in The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)

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Asia Argento and Dylan Sprouse in The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)

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Ben Foster and Jimmy Bennett in The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)

Asia Argento in The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)

Asia Argento in The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)

Asia Argento and Dylan Sprouse in The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)

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The dysfunctional twenty-three-year-old Sarah takes her six-year-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 low lifestyle and is introduced to booze and drugs and mentally, physically and sexually abused by Sarah, her lovers and her religiously fanatic family. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines
- Behind the greatest hoax of our time is the heartbreaking story that started it all.
Genre
- Drama
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for intense depiction of child abuse/neglect, strong sex and drug content, pervasive language and some violence
Parents guide

Trivia
Peter Fonda wouldn't smack John Robinson in the face, so the hands smacking John actually belong to the Cinematographer Eric Alan Edwards.

Goofs
When Jeremiah is in the diner pouring sugar into the cereal bowl, the amount of sugar in the bowl changes between shots.

Quotes
Jackson: I'm sorry babydoll I thought it was you. He was talkin' like you actin' like you.

Connections
Featured in Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016)

Soundtracks
Two Time Girl
Written and Performed by Knoxville Girls
Published by Loathsome River Music (BMI)
Courtesy of In The Red Records

Top review

6/10

depressing

Downright depressing. I watch films to escape or to see the joyousness of life - basically this is about child abuse. We all know what that is - and the adults who do it are downright ILL. For that reason, this film is brilliant and depicts the mental illness in adults very well - and their inability to connect with their own compassion and understanding. Makes you realise that just because a person can have a child, doesn't mean they are a parent. Throws up the whole notion of family and how damaging it is for some people.

If anything this film could be used to force EVERYONE to take a parenting course and to be observed and examined in the action of parenting.

It was realistic - but sad, depressing and well, if you are in the mood of getting depressed, watch this one.

I was really wanting to see what the kid turned into as an adult. Just another junkie?? It leaves you dissatisfied completely in that respect.

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anne07876
Mar 2, 2006

Gross US & Canada
- $29,058
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,000
- Mar 12, 2006
Gross worldwide
- $217,499

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Runtime
1 hour 37 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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