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The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

2004 · 98 min

A relentless, grimy plunge into a child's nightmare of neglect and abuse that leaves you shaken and hollow.

Directed by
Asia Argento
Genres
Drama
Tagline
Behind the greatest hoax of our time is the heartbreaking story that started it all.
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Asia Argento
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • trauma
  • addiction
  • parenthood
  • isolation
  • identity
Places
  • road trip
  • small town
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Asia Argento
Written by
Alessandro Magania, Asia Argento
Starring
Asia Argento, Jimmy Bennett, Jeremy Renner, Winona Ryder, Ornella Muti, Peter Fonda, Dylan Sprouse, Kara Kemp
Music
Billy Corgan, Kim Gordon
Cinematography
Eric Alan Edwards
Runtime
98 min
Country
France, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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