From cult author J.T. LeRoy's best-selling novel "The Heart Is Deceitful
Above All Things," comes Asia Argento's bold cinematic adaptation of the
controversial story of a mother and her son living hard and fast in the dark
fringes of America.
Seven-year-old Jeremiah lived a calm, comfortable
life in the care of a loving foster home until the day his young mother Sarah
(Argento) came to take him back. Jeremiah is thrust against his will into his
mother s reckless life of turmoil and depravity, bouncing between desolate
truck-stops, flea bag motels, strip joints and drug dens. Deadbeat surrogate
dads swoop in and out of Jeremiah's life until he finds himself in the custody
of his ultra-religious grandparents. Soon after Jeremiah adapts to his new life
as a Christian fundamentalist, Sarah returns to claim him. Back on the road and
bound by a love only a mother and son could have for each other, Sarah pulls
Jeremiah further and further into her dementia. When Sarah is finally and wholly
consumed by drugs, prostitution and violence, Jeremiah is forced into a
desperate struggle to survive the madness of his surroundings.
Written
and directed by Asia Argento (Scarlet Diva, XXX, Land Of The Dead), and shot by
Eric Alan Edwards (Kids, My Own Private Idaho), The Heart Is Deceitful Above All
Things boasts a stunning cast that includes Academy Award nominee Peter Fonda,
Jeremy Renner (North Country), Michael Pitt (Hedwig And The Angry Inch, Last
Days), Marilyn Manson, John Robinson (Elephant, Lords Of Dogtown) Jimmy Bennett
(Poseidon, Polar Express, Daddy Day Care) and Cole and Dylan Sprouse as
Jeremiah. Featuring music by Billy Corgan, Sonic Youth, and Subhumans.
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