Map of the Human Heart

A sweeping, melancholic epic that drifts between icy landscapes and wartime London, lingering on love and loss with a haunting, poetic weight.

Directed by

Vincent Ward

Genres

Adventure, Drama, Romance

Starring

Jason Scott Lee, Robert Joamie, Anne Parillaud

Tagline

Born in the magic of youth. Forged by the passions of war. Their love knew no boundaries.

Overview

In an Arctic village in 1931, British mapmaker Walter Russell selects 12-year-old Eskimo Avik as his guide. When the boy contracts tuberculosis, Walter flies him to a Montreal hospital, where Avik meets Albertine and is infatuated. A decade later, a grown Avik encounters Albertine again in London, where he's serving as a British combat pilot. Despite her relationship with Walter, she and Avik begin an affair.

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