The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)

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

Movie · Drama · 1h 38m · Rated 5.8/10 on TMDB · Released September 15, 2004

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.

Directed by Asia Argento

Cast

• Asia Argento as Sarah
• Jimmy Bennett as Young Jeremiah
• Jeremy Renner as Emerson
• Winona Ryder as Psychologist
• Ornella Muti as Grandmother
• Peter Fonda as Grandfather
• Dylan Sprouse as Older Jeremiah
• Kara Kemp as Social Worker #1
• Cole Sprouse as Older Jeremiah
• Kip Pardue as Luther
• Ben Foster as Fleshy Boy
• Matt Schulze as Kenny

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