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Map of the Human Heart

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Map of the Human Heart
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R,1hr 49min
Genres:
Drama,Romance
Released:
January 1, 1992
Director:
Vincent Ward
Distributor:
Miramax
Starring:
Jason Scott Lee, Anne Parillaud, Patrick Bergin  ...more
Synopsis: A white, Inuit boy named Avik is the focus of New Zealand director Vincent Ward's meditation on race and romance. In the opening moments of the movie, set in 1931 in the Arctic-Canadian settlement Nunataaq, Avik (portrayed initially by Robert Joamie) lives under the watchful eye of his grandmother (Jayko Pitseolak). While tagging along after British cartographer Walter Russell (Patrick Bergin), Avik falls prey to the "white man's disease,"--tuberculosis; to assuage his own guilt, Russell takes the ... Full Synopsis
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Derek Armstrong, AMG Review
By engaging such unfamiliar cinematic topics as the Inuit community and cartography, Vincent Ward's Map of the Human Heart is in many ways a highly original film. But its insights are only slightly above average, so it doesn't have the lingering impact it should. Eager to turn the separated lovers, played earnestly by Jason Scott Lee and Anne Parillaud, into the stuff of epic tragedy, Ward makes the ... Full Review
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Jason Scott Lee
Avik
Anne Parillaud
Albertine
Patrick Bergin
Walter Russell
Robert Joamie
Young Avik
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