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Feature film — 2004

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)

5.81h 38mDrama

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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A high-signal pick with 167 votes.

Muse Productions / BlueLight / Wild Bunch / Curiously Bright Entertainment / Pretty Dangerous Films / Tartan Films / Minerva Pictures / Davis/Rice Productions

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Director: Asia Argento

On screen

Cast & crew

Asia Argento as Sarah

Asia Argento

Sarah

Jimmy Bennett as Young Jeremiah

Jimmy Bennett

Young Jeremiah

Jeremy Renner as Emerson

Jeremy Renner

Emerson

Winona Ryder as Psychologist

Winona Ryder

Psychologist

Ornella Muti as Grandmother

Ornella Muti

Grandmother

Peter Fonda as Grandfather

Peter Fonda

Grandfather

Dylan Sprouse as Older Jeremiah

Dylan Sprouse

Older Jeremiah

K

Kara Kemp

Social Worker #1

Cole Sprouse as Older Jeremiah

Cole Sprouse

Older Jeremiah

Kip Pardue as Luther

Kip Pardue

Luther

Ben Foster as Fleshy Boy

Ben Foster

Fleshy Boy

Matt Schulze as Kenny

Matt Schulze

Kenny

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